Refrigerators & Heat Pump

■Refrigeration: The transfer of heat from

lower temperature regions to higher
temperature is called refrigeration.
■Refrigerator: Devices that produces
refrigeration are called refrigerators.
■Refrigerant: The working fluid used in
refrigerators are called refrigerant.
■Heat Pump: Refrigerator used for the
purpose of heating a space by transferring
heat from a cooler medium are called heat
pump.
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Subcooling is cooling the refrigerant in liquid state, at uniform pressure, to a
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Advantages of subcooling
• Subcooling occurs in condenser helps in keeping the refrigerant in liquid form
• It will increase the efficiency of the cycle
Superheating
It is a process of increasing evaporator temperature so that the vapour will
entering into the compressor

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Disadvantages of superheating
1. It increases the work of compressor resulting the increase of power supply
2. There will be increase in specific volume resulting decrease in capacity.
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