CHAPTER 4:

MULTIPRESSURE SYSTEMS
REVIEW OF SINGLE STAGE SYSTEM
 Multi Pressure systems

• A MULTI PRESSURE SYSTEM IS A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM THAT HAS TWO OR

MORE LOW SIDE PRESSURES.
 FLASH GAS REMOVAL
• SAVING IN POWER REQUIREMENT OF THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM RESULTS IF
THE FLASH GAS THAT DEVELOPS IN THE THROTTLING PROCESS BETWEEN THE
CONDENSER AND EVAPORATOR AND RECOMPRESSED BEFORE COMPLETE
EXPANSION. THE VAPOR IS SEPARATED FROM THE LIQUID BY AN EQUIPMENT
CALLED FLASH TANK.
 INTERCOOLING
• INTERCOOLING BETWEEN TWO STAGES OF COMPRESSION REDUCES THE WORK
OF COMPRESSION PER KG OF VAPOR. INTERCOOLING IN THE REFRIGERATION
SYSTEM CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH A WATER COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER OR
BY USING A REFRIGERANT.
 Two evaporators and one compressor
Sample 1. Calculate the power required by a ammonia system of one compressor serving two
evaporators. One evaporator carries a load of 35kw at +10C and the other a load of 70 kw at -5C. A
back-pressure valve reduces the pressure in the +10C evaporator to that of the -5C evaporator. The
condensing temperature is 37C. What is the cop?
Ans: 5.33
 Two compressors and one evaporator
Sample 2. calculate the power required in an ammonia system w/c serves a 210kw evaporator at
-20C. The system uses two-stage compression system with intercooling and removal of flash gas.
The condensing temperature is 32C.
Ans: low-stage compressor: 21.6 kw, high stage: 31.1 Kw
 Two compressors and two evaporators
>This is the most common in the industrial refrigeration.
Sample 3. in an ammonia system, one evaporator is to provide 200 kw of refrigeration at -30C and
another evaporator is to provide 220 kw at 5C. The system uses two-stages compression with
intercooling. The condensing temperature is 40C. Calculate the power required by the compressors.
What is the cop of the system.
Ans: lowstage: 34.59Kw, high stage: 66.76 Kw, Cop= 4.142
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