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    This document provides an overview of basic refrigeration principles and components of a vapor refrigeration system. It explains that refrigeration relies on the second law of thermodynamics to transfer heat from a cold to hot body using an external force. A refrigerant is used as the working fluid in vapor compression refrigeration cycles, absorbing heat in the evaporator and releasing it in the condenser as it circulates through the system. The main components of a vapor refrigeration system are the compressor, condenser, receiver, throttle valve or expansion valve, and evaporator. Cooling towers and air handling units are also discussed as being used in refrigeration systems.

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    This document provides an overview of basic refrigeration principles and components of a vapor refrigeration system. It explains that refrigeration relies on the second law of thermodynamics to transfer heat from a cold to hot body using an external force. A refrigerant is used as the working fluid in vapor compression refrigeration cycles, absorbing heat in the evaporator and releasing it in the condenser as it circulates through the system. The main components of a vapor refrigeration system are the compressor, condenser, receiver, throttle valve or expansion valve, and evaporator. Cooling towers and air handling units are also discussed as being used in refrigeration systems.

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    This document provides an overview of basic refrigeration principles and components of a vapor refrigeration system. It explains that refrigeration relies on the second law of thermodynamics to transfer heat from a cold to hot body using an external force. A refrigerant is used as the working fluid in vapor compression refrigeration cycles, absorbing heat in the evaporator and releasing it in the condenser as it circulates through the system. The main components of a vapor refrigeration system are the compressor, condenser, receiver, throttle valve or expansion valve, and evaporator. Cooling towers and air handling units are also discussed as being used in refrigeration systems.

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    BASIC REFRIGERATION PRINCIPLES

    AIR CONDITIONING
    Building Services III

    PRINCIPLE OF REFRIGERATION
    Refrigeration is governed by the second law of thermodynamics that heat cannot flow from a cold body to a hot body unless an
    external force acts on it.

    EXTERNAL INPUT

    COLD BODY

    Heat

    REFRIGERATOR

    Heat

    HOT BODY

    TYPES OF REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS


    Ice refrigeration System
    Air Refrigeration System
    Vapor Refrigeration system

    REFRIGERANT
    Refrigerant is a substance in vapor or liquid form used as a working fluid in refrigerators, through which heat is transferred from
    a cold body to the hot body.
    Any substance capable of absorbing heat from another substance can be used as a refrigerant.

    Some properties of a refrigerant are :


    Low freezing and boiling point
    High latent heat of vaporization
    Non-corrosive
    Be easy to liquefy
    Low specific volume
    Examples.
    Air
    Ammonia
    Fluorinated carbons

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Vapour compression cycle is an improved type of air refrigeration cycle in which a suitable
    working substance, termed as refrigerant, is used.

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    The refrigerant used, does not leave the system, but is circulated throughout the system
    alternately condensing and evaporating.
    In evaporating, the refrigerant absorbs its latent heat from the solution which is used for
    circulating it around the cold chamber and in condensing; it gives out its latent heat
    to the circulating water of the cooler.

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Components: COMPRESSER

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Components: CONDENSER

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Components: RECEIVER

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Components: REFRIGERANT CONTROL DEVICE or THROTTLE VALVE or
    EXPANSION VALVE

    VAPOUR REFRIGERATION CYCLE


    Components: EVAPORATOR

    ELECTRIC MOTOR
    Electric motors are used in refrigeration systems for running compressors, fans and
    pumps. The electric motors are generally divided into two categories:
    Less than 1 HP capacity
    More than 1 HP capacity

    AIR HANDLING UNIT


    An air handler, or air handling unit (often
    abbreviated to AHU), is a device used to
    condition and circulate air as part of a
    heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning
    (HVAC) system.
    Usually, an air handler is a large metal
    box containing a blower, heating and/or
    cooling elements, filter racks or
    chambers, sound attenuators, and
    dampers. Air handlers usually connect to
    ductwork that distributes the conditioned
    air through the building, and returns it to
    the AHU. Sometimes AHUs discharge
    (supply) and admit (return) air directly to
    and from the space served, without

    COOLING TOWERS
    A cooling tower is a heat rejection device, which extracts waste heat to the atmosphere
    though the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature
    The heat from the water stream transferred to the air stream raises the air's temperature
    and its relative humidity to 100%.
    Evaporative heat rejection devices such as cooling towers are commonly used to provide
    significantly lower water temperatures than achievable with "air cooled" or "dry" heat
    rejection devices, like the radiator in a car, thereby achieving more cost-effective and
    energy efficient operation of systems in need of cooling.

    Resources
    A TEXTBOOK ON BUILDING SERVICES, R.UDAYAKUMAR

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