Saturday 13 December 2014

REFRIGERATION basics

Cooling – final temperature may not be lower than the surroundings.
e.g. cooling the coffee or tea in the room.

Refrigeration- final temperature is always lower than the surroundings.
e.g. cooling the water with ice cubes.



Gas cycle
-involves gas with sensible cooling and no phase change takes place.

Vapour cycle
-involves phase change from liquid to gas in evaporator and gas to liquid in condenser.

*Vapour compression uses mechanical compressors.
*Vapour absorption uses thermal compressors.



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