Vapour Compression Cycle Advantages And Disadvantages

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In the present age, energy is the crucial and important factor for survival, but due to the depleting fossil fuels and soaring prices driven with globally unstable economic conditions, meeting the energy demand for the present day has become difficult and challenging. Refrigeration & Air conditioning (air cooling) which is a part in the day to day basis consumes about 50% of the total energy consumed by the buildings sector which accounts for about 30-40%. In hot temperature climate zones like east America, UK air conditioning/cooling equipment are predominant, in developing countries like China and India, the use of air conditioning for cooling purposes are increasing at a drastic rate. Vapour compression (VC)/ Vapour Absorption (VA) cycle systems which are energy intense consuming, dominate the refrigeration & air conditioning market due to the advancement in their technologies, commercial establishment and wide range of popularity due to the existence of these cycles/machines from decades. These conventional systems use refrigerants which increase …show more content…

The VC cycle operates with the help of refrigerants which absorb and release heat at different parts. The evaporator absorbs the heat from the conditioned space thereby converting the liquid refrigerant inside the evaporator to vapour, this low pressure high temperature vapour is sent to the compressor where the vapour is compressed with the supply of external power. The high pressure high temperature compressed vapour leaves the compressor and enters the condenser chamber where the heat is forced to the surroundings thereby the vapour taking a phase change from vapour to liquid. The high pressure low temperature liquid leaves the condenser and enters the expansion valve where the pressure reduced and the low pressure low temperature liquid enters the evaporator, thereby continuing the

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