Prepared By: Rachit Jain (00514803614)

Harshit sharma (00114803614)

Divyansh Dang (00414803614)
Vihan Raghuvanshi (30196403614)
Under the Guidance of:
Dr. Vaibhav Jain
Vapor Compression Refrigeration System
 It is a system which involves a phase changing refrigerant and is the
most efficient practical refrigeration cycle for domestic & industrial
purposes.
 Refrigeration may be defined as lowering the temperature of an
enclosed space by extracting heat from that space and transferring it
elsewhere.
 This system involves heat transfer via latent heat mechanism of
refrigerant, hence coined as vapor compression refrigerant system.
 A vapor compression refrigeration system consists of 4 major
components:
• Compressor • Condenser
• Expansion Device •Evaporator
 It is smaller in size for same capacity of refrigeration.
 Large range of temperature can be achieved.
 In VCRS Coefficient of performance(COP) is very high.
 Less running cost.
 Can be driven directly using mechanical energy (water, car/truck
motor) or with electrical energy.
 Efficient up to 60% of Carnot's theoretical limit (as evaluated
in ASHRAE testing conditions: evaporation temperature of -23.3 °C,
condensing temperature of 54.4 °C, and ambient temperature of
32 °C).
 The low temperature, low-pressure
vapor at state B is compressed by a
compressor to high temperature and
pressure vapor at state C.
 This vapor is condensed into high-
pressure liquid at state D in the
condenser and then passes through the
expansion valve.
 Here, the high pressure liquid is
throttled down to a low-pressure liquid
and passed on to an evaporator, where
it absorbs heat from the surroundings
from the circulating fluid (being
refrigerated) and vaporizes into low-
pressure vapor at state B.
 The cycle then repeats. In this cycle the
component directly interacting with the
outside conditions is the condenser.
 Coefficient of performance (COP) of an air-conditioner
decreases about 2 to 4% for each degree increase in condenser
temperature.
 COP increased by 13.1% with increasing air velocity from 2.05
to 3.97 ms-1.
 COP increased by 6.1% with increasing water spray rate from
0.03 to 0.05kg/s.
 Water spray in the air at inlet of the condenser, results in about
22.4% increase in COP
 Experiment shows that porous ceramics having main
component of Al2O3 with porosity of 43.23% and density of
2070.6 kgm-3 around the condenser coils which was wetted
by the droplet of the tap water. saved up to 30-40% energy at
outdoor temperature not higher than 31 ̊C.
 COP increases with increase in subcooling.
 Previously, an air-conditioner with an evaporative condenser was
investigated where the tube was covered using a wick cloth of fixed
diameter. With the system having new evaporative cool condenser COP
increases up to 30 % with a maximum ambient temperature of 43 ̊C .The
average condensing temperature was found to be lower up to 2-6 ̊C
saving 3-5% consumption in energy considering the pump work done.

 The main problems in the previous model involved:

 Since a single shaft governed the motion of evaporator and condenser
fans, it resulted in blowing off of the water being sprinkled on the wick.
 Due to closeness of cooling coils, wick material could not be wounded
over the middle and inner coil layer.
 Improper covering of connecting pipes resulted in leakage of refrigerant.
 Limited study of wick material.
 Introducing alternative single layer coil design for the condenser
coils.

 Performance evaluation of system using different wick materials.

 Performance evaluation with different diameters for the wick.

 Providing separate shafts for the evaporator and condenser fans

for achieving different air speed.
 Expansion valve

Evaporator
Wick material

Evaporator fan

Compressor

Condenser
Side view

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