Thermodynamic 2-Topic 5: Refrigerant
Thermodynamic 2-Topic 5: Refrigerant
Thermodynamic 2-Topic 5: Refrigerant
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Condensation / evaporation of a fluid can be done at almost any temperature/pressure combination, unlike freezing / melting, and involves greater h t effects (Hvaporisation >> Hmelting) f i l t heat ff t ), for example: water The Carnot power cycle can be executed in a reverse within the saturation dome of a refrigerant fluid
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The (reversed) Carnot cycle is the most efficient cycle operating between two temperature levels. But: process 2-3 involves compression of a two-phase mixture, and process 4-1 involves expansion of wet refrigerant
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Ideal vapour-compression cycle /1 vapourOperating the Carnot cycle outside the saturation region no isothermal conditions, for heat absorption and rejection j ti
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Expansion step (3-4) can be simplified by (3 4) using a throttling valve (or a capillary tube) This results in a process with 3 reversible steps, and p p, 1 irreversible step
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QH = 23 Tds QL = 41 Tds
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Ideal vapour-compression cycle /2 vapourStep 4-1: boiling of refrigerant at low p and T Step 1-2: compression of saturated vapour to high p and T Step 2-3: high pressure 2 3: superheated gas is cooled to saturated liquid at high T high p T, Step 3-4: expansion to low p, also T down (due to some evaporation)
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g Note: sub-cooling a bit beyond (3) reduces the risk of flashing in the evaporator
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Pressure levels
A freezer at -18C in a room at 21C 21 C Operation pressures for evaporator and condensor are the vapour pressures for Tcold and Th for the ld hot refrigerant Reversible if cold reservoir Tlow = Tcold , hot reservoir Thigh = Thot For R 134a psat = R-134a, 1.44 atm @ -18C, 5.84 5 84 atm @ +21 C +21C
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R-134a
Reversible: Trefrigerant = Treservoir Thigh = 21C, Tlow = -18C COPR = 1 / (Thigh/Tlow -1) = 6.6 1)
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Example: ideal vapour-compression cycle /1 vapourA vapour-compression refrigeration cycle uses refrigerant R-134a at y g pressure levels p1 = 1.4 bar and p2 = 8 bar, respectively, with mass flow = 0 05 kg/s. 0.05 kg/s Calculate:
The rate of heat removal QL and compressor power input Win The rate of heat rejection QH and the COPR of the refrigerator
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Answer: data for R-134a gives Tlow = -18.8C, Thigh= 31.3C, g , , for (1) h1 = hg = 236.0 kJ/kg; s1 = sg = 0.932 kJ/(kg.K); for (2) s2 = s1 gives h2 = 272.1 kJ/kg, for (3) h3 = hf = 93.42 kJ/kg, s3 = 0.346 kJ/(kg.K); for (4) h3 h4,
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1.6 MPa
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Example: ideal vapour-compression cycle /2 vapourAnswer (cont.): QL = m(h1-h4) = 7.13 kW Win = m(h2-h1) = 1.80 kW QH = QL + Win = 8.93 kW COPR = QL / Win = 3.96 (h1-h4)/(h2-h1)
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Comment: Replacing the throttling valve (34) by an isentropic turbine (34s) gives, with h4s = 86.92 kJ/kg a turbine power output of 0.34 kW, reducing the net power input Win to 1.46 kW. The removal of heat from the refrigerated space QL increases from . 7.13 kW to m(h1 h4s) = 7.46 kW. ( COPR increases from 3.96 to 5.11, an increase of 29%.
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Household refrigerator /2
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Four Main Components: Compressor, which increases the pressure of the refrigerant vapour vapour, pushing it through the system, and increasing the vapour's temperature above that of the surrounding kitchen kitchen. Condenser, usually behind the refrigerator, where the refrigerant vapour condenses to a liquid liquid. Expansion valve, which causes a sudden drop in refrigerant pressure, causing it to boil; also called a "metering" metering valve, since it passes only as much liquid as can be completely vaporised in the evaporator. evaporator evaporator, where the latent heat of refrigerant vaporisation is absorbed from the cold box box.
Household refrigerator /1
T, say T = 10C Tcold = -28C ( sat = 0 93 28C (p 0.93 bar),Thot = + 31C (psat = ) 7.93 bar) for the refrigerant
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Irreversible: Trefrigerant Treservoir ; if T =10C Tcold = -28C, Thot = +31C COPR = 1 / (Thot/Tcold -1) = 4 2 4.2
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COPHP =
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Real vapour-compression cycle /1 vapourIn a real refrigerator y many irreversibilities reduce the efficiency: Fl id f i ti Fluid friction (gives heat ) Heat exhange with the surroundings
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The real process differs a bit from the ideal process: To T ensure complete vaporisation, the refrigerant is slightly l t i ti th fi t i li htl overheated at the evaporator inlet (8) A (long) line between evaporator and compressor gives fluid friction and heat exchange with surroundings (81)
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More differences compared to the ideal process: The compression is not isentropic: s > 0 (12) or s < 0 (12) (12 )
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There will be some pressure drop between compressor and condensor, in the condensor, between condensor and d i th d b t d d throttling device (2/245) and in the evaporator The saturated liquid will be sub-cooled before going to the sub cooled throttling device, located near the evaporator.
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Example: real vapour-compression cycle /1 vapourA vapour-compression refrigeration cycle uses refrigerant R-134a with R 134a mass flow = 0.05 kg/s. Vapour enters the compressor at 10C, 1 4 b 10C 1.4 bar and leaves it at 50C, 8 dl t 50C bar. The vapour enters the condenser at 7.2 bar and is cooled to 26C. The throttling valve reduces the pressure to 1 5 bar 1.5 bar. Calculate:
The heat removal QL and the compressor power Win The adiabatic efficiency of the compressor The COPR value
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Example: real vapour-compression cycle /2 vapourAt p1,T1: h1 = 243.4 kJ/kg At p2,T2: h2 = 284 4 kJ/kg T 284.4 kJ/k At p3,T3: h3 hf = 85.75 kJ/kg h4 h3 QL = (h1-h4) = 7.88 kW Win = (h2-h1) = 2.05 kW Adiabatic eff. of compressor c = (h2s h1)/(h2-h1) h p2s = 8 bar, s2s = s1, h2 = 281.1 kJ/kg 2s gives c = 0.919 Finally, COPR = QL/Win = 7.88 kW / 2.05 kW = 3.84
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2.5 Refrigerants
for vapour-compression refrigerators vapour-
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In a refrigeration process, energy is converted into transferred heat using a heat carrier heat, carrier. The heat carrier medium will take up the heat at a low temperature (and pressure) and gives it off at higher temperature (and pressure) at another location A refrigerant (sv: kldmedie, kylmedel) participates in the process by a phase transition and/or pressure changes. It can also be electricity ! A cooling or freezing mixture (sv: kldblandning) can carry or store heat, which can i l a h hi h involve phase transition, but little or no pressure changes. changes Coolant for an engine:
not a refrigerant.....
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when contacting water, oil, air when contacting metals, rubber or other polymers at high temperatures (non-flammable !) for the environment: ozone layer depletion, the enhanced depletion greenhouse effect
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Most important: the temperature levels of the cold and hot spaces with which the refrigerant exchanges heat Temperatures at the condensor ranges from -20 C -20C (cold winter air) to +85C (heat pumps) At the lowest temperature the refrigerant should have enough pressure to allow for 1) transport to the evaporator (and compressor), 2) proper operation of the throttling d i and ) i f h h li device d 3) avoid air leakage into the system in practice a bit > 1 bar At the highest temperature the pressure should not be so high that expensive pressure vessels and tubing elements are needed in practice below 20 bar.
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Tcriticall < Tprocess, maximum and Tmelt < Tprocess, minimum iti i lt i i Reasonable pressure levels psat at Tboil and Tcondens Large hvaporisation/condensation per unit volume i ti / d ti Safe handling, non-toxic, no smell Low cost Chemically stable Not problematic
Not used any longer: ethyl ether, MeCl, SO2 ether MeCl
Halogenated hydrocarbon R-code: rightmost digit = no. of F, 10-digit = 1+no. of H, 100-digit = -1+no. of C, 1000-digit = no. of double bonds, a indicates isomer unbalance, the rest is Cl, B = no. of Br.
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Refrigerant T boil C * R-610 R 610 R-762 R-40 R-30 R-717 R-744 R-850 R-1850 R 1850 R-600a +35 -10 -24 +40 -34 -78 -162 -89 89 -12
Refrigerant T boil C * R-11 R 11 R-12 R-22 R-113 R-114 R-115 R-134a R-502 R 502 HC-12a +24 -30 -41 +48 +4 -38 -26 -46 46 -33
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hydrocarbon mix
** azeotrope
Refrigerants for v-c systems /4 vBoiling temperatures for 1 bar and 20 bar Ammonia: -33C and +50C R12: -30C and +70C R11: +25C and +140C R114: +5C and +120C R134a: -26C and + 68C Heat of vaporisation and density at 0C: J g, g J Ammonia: 1260 kJ/kg, 3.45 kg/m3 4350 kJ/m3 R22: 207 kJ/kg, 21.23 kg/m3 4400 kJ/m3 ( o et c e t (volumetric heat of vaporisation) po s t o )
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Note that water causes of the greenhouse effect; the changing amounts of other GHGs cause an enhanced greenhouse effect
Other GHGs d h O h GHG and their global warming l b l potential (GWP, CO2 = 1 by definition)
CH4 ( 22) N2O (~300) (~22), ( 300) HFCs (hydro fluoro carbons) (140-11700) PFCs (per fluoro carbons) (7400) SF6 (23900)
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chloro
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Pictur http://www re: w.geography.h hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/ wc.no otes/1.atmosp phere/ozone_ _depletion.2.h htm
Greenhouse gases (GHGs), most importantly carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) trap the outgoing solar radiation that is emitted by the earths surface, earth s which leads to global warming
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Cascade vapour-compression system vapourIn industry, efficiency may be more important than simplicity Sometimes the temperature range is too wide for a single v-c cycle use a cascade cycle
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& & h h3 m Q mB (h1 h4 ) & & m A (h5 h8 ) = mB (h2 h3 ) A = 2 ; COPR = & L = & & & mB h5 h8 Wnet,in m A (h6 h5 ) + mB (h 2 h1 )
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Two cycles, a bottoming cycle and a topping cycle are connected via a heat exchanger For the heat exchanger without heat losses. or kinetic / . potential energy effects, and mass streams mA, mB :
Example: 2-stage vapour-compression system vapourConsider the system in the Figure: a cascade v-c refrigerator operating between 1 4 and 8 bar with R-134a as b 1.4 d b i h R 134 refrigerant. The heat exchanger operates at 3.2 bar for both streams. (In
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practice p and T are a bit higher in the . bottom cycle.) Mass stream mA = 0.05
kg/s. Calculate .
mass stream mB, the heat stream QL taken from the refrigerated space . compressor power Win the COPR for the process
& & & m A ( h5 h8 ) = mB ( h2 h3 ) mB =
& & & & & & Q L = mB ( h1 h4 ) = 7.13 kW; Win = Win, top + Win,bottom = m A ( h6 h5 ) + mB ( h2 h1 ) = 1.60 kW COPR =
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Referred to as multistage compression refrigeration systems t Saturated vapour from the flash chamber is fed to the high pressuire compressor, saturated liquid is fed to the low pressure expansion valve
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Refrigeration at more than one temperature (as in an ordinary household refrigerator + f h h ld f i freezer) can b accomplished with one ) be li h d i h compressor by throttling in two steps Using one throttle valve and one cold temperature would give ice g p g in the refrigerator section.
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Includes pressure drop over connection lines 2u-2k and 1k-1i; ; heat exchange with surroundings and in the compressor
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Using a water-cooled condensor and a heat exchanger Temperature, pressure and heat of vaporisation can be optimised
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Superheating by increased compressor pressure gives no improved efficiency but only results in larger condensor equipment g q g g Subcooling also ensures 100% liquid to the throttling valve and gives either more heat extracted from the refrigerated space, or a smaller required refrigerant mass flow Less attractive if the suction line to the compressor is long, especially when using ammonia as refrigerant h i i fi t
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Heat exchange between evaporator outlet and condensor outlet can improve the COPR value. p
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Especially suitable for wide temperature ranges while still using one refrigerant at acceptable vapour pressures (a one-stage +10C/-30C unit
can reach -65C with two stages or -100C with three)
With minimum and maximum pressures p1 and p2 it can be shown that the optimum intermediate pressure level pm = (p1p2) Disadvantages are lower efficiency, higher power input, increased g y, g p p , temperature of refrigerant vapor from first compressor
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compre essor
Cascade v-c systems /1 vA two-stage cascade uses two different refrigerants and heat exchange Allows for a lower temperature th t t than with a single-stage system y Typically -150C can be reached Compressor work decreases COP improves
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Cascade v-c systems /2 vCascade systems are commonly used for CO2 or natural gas l liquefaction
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Linde-Hampson system
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Air leaking into the system lowers the efficiency (usually being immiscible with the refrigerant it acts as an insulator at heat transfer surfaces, making the condensor smaller) Manual or automatic purging methods can remove this air
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For refrigerators used for producing ice, one way to express the capacity is as tons of refrigeration tons refrigeration 1 ton of refrigeration = heat needed to freeze 1 short ton ( 2000 lbm = 907kg) water at 0 C to ice at 0C in (= 0C 0C 24 hours g 1 ton of refrigeration = 211 kJ/min = 200 BTU/min = 3.52 kW heat removal from the refrigerated space
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Entropy balance & & Q Q1 & + S gen = 2 T1 T2 & & 1 1 & T T2 > 0 S gen = Q1 = Q1 1 T T T1T2 1 2
. Q1 T = T1
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. Q2 T = T2
This shows that Sgen is g g p large for large temperature differences (T1-T2) and low temperatures T1 and T2
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A heat pump vapour-compression system with reversing valve for summer / cooling (a) or winter / heating operation (b)
NOTE: COPHP = COPR +1
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See also: Martinez, I. Lectures on Thermodynamics lecture 18 (English or Spanish) http://webserver.dmt.upm.es/~isidoro/bk3/index.html updated and based on Termodinmica aplicada Ed Dossat, 84 237 0810 1 Termodinmica bsica y aplicada", Ed. Dossat Madrid (1992) ISBN 84-237-0810-1
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