REFRIGERATION CYCLE

• In refrigeration cycle,heat is removed from the

source at low temperature and thrown out to
the source at higher temperature.
• Refrigeration is the process of heat transfer
against the natural flow of heat which is from
high temperature to low temperature.
• This heat is carried by a fluid, usually the
Freon gas.
 COMPONENTS

• Compresser
• Condensor
• Expansive
valve
• Evaporator
 COMPRESSOR
• Compressor is the heart of the refrigeration system.
• The power required for transmitting heat from low
temperature space to high temperature space is
given here.
• When Freon gas passes through a compressor it
gets highly compressed i.e. pressurized and its
temperature also becomes very high.
• As it leaves the compressor, Freon gets converted
into the gaseous state.
COMPRESSOR
 CONDENSOR
• All the heat the Freon has absorbed from the
substance at low temperature is thrown out to
the atmosphere via the condenser.
• When Freon passes though this coil it gives up
its heat partially to the atmospheric or
surrounding air and its temperature reduces,
but its pressure remains unchanged.
• In case of the bigger refrigerators water cooled
condensers are used.
 EXPANSIVE VALVE
• When the high pressure and low
temperature Freon passes
through expansion valve its
pressure reduces suddenly and
along with it its temperature also
reduces suddenly and drastically.
• In the household refrigerator
usually capillary, a thin copper
tube is used as the expansion
valve.
• Freon leaving the expansion
valve is partially in liquid state
and partially in gaseous state.
 EVAPORATOR
• At this stage of the Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle,
the refrigerant is at a lower temperature than its
surroundings.
• Therefore, it evaporates and absorbs latent heat of
vaporization.
• Heat extraction from the refrigerant happens at low
pressure and temperature. Compressor suction effect helps
maintain the low pressure.
• There are different evaporator versions in the market, but
the major classifications are liquid cooling and air cooling,
depending whether they cool liquid or air respectively.