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Improvement of refrigeration/air-conditioning performance with mechanical sub-cooling

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  • Zubair, Syed M.

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Significant amounts of energy are consumed by refrigeration/air-conditioning systems. An energy-saving approach that can be applied to new or existing refrigeration/air-conditioning installations is discussed to increase system performance and reduce energy consumption. It consists of adding a mechanical subcooling loop to a conventional vapor-compression cycle. The performance of a modified system is demonstrated for three different applications. It was found that the system performance peaks at a sub-cooler saturation temperature midway between the condensing and evaporating temperatures. Simulations show that performance improvement for air-conditioning systems can be as high as 20% during peak periods of high condensing temperatures whereas high-temperature and low-temperature refrigeration systems under these same conditions will provide energy-savings of 20 and 40%, respectively.

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  • Zubair, Syed M., 1990. "Improvement of refrigeration/air-conditioning performance with mechanical sub-cooling," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 15(5), pages 427-433.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:15:y:1990:i:5:p:427-433
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(90)90039-5
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    3. Yang, Mina & Jung, Chung Woo & Kang, Yong Tae, 2015. "Development of high efficiency cycles for domestic refrigerator-freezer application," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(P2), pages 2258-2266.
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    5. Yilmaz, Tuncay & Erdinç, Mehmet Tahir, 2019. "Energetic and exergetic investigation of a novel refrigeration system utilizing ejector integrated subcooling using different refrigerants," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 712-727.
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