REFRIGERATION CYCLE

CRYOGENICS 8/25/04 REFRIGERATION CYCLEThe REFRIGERATION CYCLE shown here is a typical R-22 system. The compressor andthermal expansion valve are the boundaries for the high and low 's important to understand that a refrigerator is a heat engine that operates inreverse. Energy is transferred from a low level to high level, which is contrary tothe spontaneous processes that occur in nature. To accomplish this transfer, anamount of work must be supplied dependent on the temperatures must be added to this workload to compensate for the inefficienciesinherent in heat transfer, inefficiencies that arise from heat exchange equipmentand the irreversible behavior of compression or expansion of the same principles used in this basic system apply to normal cryogenicrefrigeration systems as BASIC SYSTEMCOMPRESSORThe compressor takes low pressure, low temperature gas and compresses it intoa high pressure, high temperature Primer2 CONDENSORThe condenser accepts the gas from the compressor and, through some coolingmedium, condenses it to a high pressure, cool temperature

EVAPORATOR The evaporator is a heat exchanger where the expanded cold gas exchanges heat with the area being cooled. (This area may be a refrigerator, your living room, or a meat locker. The fluid generally is just normal air.) CARNOT CYCLE All refrigerators work on a combination of processes, cycles, which achieve

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