1、10,CHAPTER,RefrigerationCycles,Refrigerator and Heat Pump Objectives,Refrigerator and Heat Pump Objectives,The objective of a refrigerator is to remove heat (QL) from the cold medium; The objective of a heat pump is to supply heat (QH) to a warm medium. The vapor compression refrigeration cycle is a

2、 common method for transferring heat from a low temperature to a high temperature.,Refrigerator and Heat Pump Objectives,The performance of refrigerators and heat pumps is expressed in terms of coefficient of performance (COP), defined as,Both COPR and COPHP can be larger than 1. Under the same oper

3、ating conditions, the COPs are related by,Reversed Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump,Reversed Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump,Shown above are the cyclic refrigeration device operating between two constant temperature reservoirs and the T-s diagram for the working fluid when the reversed Carnot cyc

4、le is used. Recall that in the Carnot cycle heat transfers take place at constant temperature. If our interest is the cooling load, the cycle is called the Carnot refrigerator. If our interest is the heat load, the cycle is called the Carnot heat pump.,Reversed Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump,The

5、standard of comparison for refrigeration cycles is the reversed Carnot cycle. A refrigerator or heat pump that operates on the reversed Carnot cycle is called a Carnot refrigerator or a Carnot heat pump, and their COPs are,Reversed Carnot Refrigerator and Heat Pump,Why not use the reversed Carnot re

6、frigeration cycle? Easier to compress vapor only and not liquid-vapor mixture. Cheaper to have irreversible expansion through an expansion valve. What problems result from using the turbine instead of the expansion valve?,The Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle,The vapor-compression refrigeration

7、cycle has four components: evaporator, compressor, condenser, and expansion (or throttle) valve. The most widely used refrigeration cycle is the vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. In an ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant enters the compressor as a saturated vapor and is

8、 cooled to the saturated liquid state in the condenser. It is then throttled to the evaporator pressure and vaporizes as it absorbs heat from the refrigerated space.,The Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle,The ideal vapor-compression cycle consists of four processes. Ideal Vapor-Compression Refrig

9、eration Cycle Process Description 1-2 Isentropic compression 2-3 Constant pressure heat rejection in the condenser 3-4 Throttling in an expansion valve 4-1 Constant pressure heat addition in the evaporator,Schmatic and T-s Diagram for Ideal Vapor-Compression Refrigeration Cycle,Ordinary Household Re

10、frigerator,(Fig. 10-4),Ordinary Household Refrigerator,Refrigerant-134a is the working fluid in an ideal compression refrigeration cycle. The refrigerant leaves the evaporator at -20oC and has a condenser pressure of 0.9 MPa. The mass flow rate is 3 kg/min. Find COPR and COPR, Carnot for the same Tm

11、ax and Tmin , and the tons of refrigeration. Using the Refrigerant-134a Tables, we have,Example,Example,Example,The tons of refrigeration, often called the cooling load or refrigeration effect, are,Example,Another measure of the effectiveness of the refrigeration cycle is how much input power to the compressor, in horsepower, is required for each ton of cooling. The unit conver