Refrigeration Systems:

Refrigeration systems refer to the different physical apparatus that built up the entirety refrigeration unit. In the refrigeration cycle the different stages are undergone in these physical systems. These systems contain a condenser, evaporator, a compressor and an expansion valve.

The evaporator is the space which has to be cooled by the refrigerant; the compressor compresses the refrigerant through the low pressure of the evaporator to the pressure on the condenser. The heat attained by the refrigerant is discarded at the condenser and the high pressure refrigerant is extended into the low pressure evaporator through the expansion valve. It is a very general representation of the several units in a refrigeration system.

The refrigeration systems differ according to the cause and the kind of refrigerant utilized. They are the means by which we may in fact carry out the refrigeration procedure. A better understanding of them is therefore, very essential.

Objectives

After learning this unit, you must be able to know

• the several types of refrigeration systems in widespread use along with their belonging advantage and disadvantages, and
• To get better the performances of these systems.