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http://dx.doi.org/10.5916/jkosme.2014.38.7.828

Theoretical study on the performance improvement of refrigeration system installed with ejector entraining expansion gases after expansion process  

Yun, Sangkook (Division of Mechanical & Energy Systems Engineering, Korea Maritime Ocean University)
Abstract
In this paper, the performance characteristics for newly developed ejector refrigeration system, which is that the part of saturated vapor from liquid-vapor separator after ejector expansion process is entrained in ejector, and the saturated liquid flows in the evaporator and compressed with the rest of vapor in separator, is studied. The reasons of the performance improvement of refrigeration system are that the refrigeration capacity is increased due to quality reduction after iso-entropic expansion process by ejector and the compression work is reduced because of the relatively high pressure of vapor refrigerant before compression process. The comparison results of the ejector system entraining expansion gases with the present residential freezer show that the COP increases to 27.8% maximum in case of the pressure drop to 65% of high pressure of freezer, and to 40.1% for 75% pressure drop of refrigerant R401A. The COP improvement rate with 20%~60% pressure lift in diffuser of ejector is only 2.6%~3%.
Keywords
Ejector; Liquid-vapor separator; Refrigeration capacity; Compression work; COP;
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