• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.513-519
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• 1996

This paper is concerned with the bubble sound at the accumulator which is generated by the difference of the high pressure side and the low pressure side in the cycle of the refrigerator. The causes of the bubble sound generation are verified by the visualized test of the operating refrigerant flow at the accumulator and the measurements of the temperature and pressure. Two cases were tested, one with the accumulator has a orifice and the other with the accumulator hasn't a orifice. So that, it is presented the comparison of the bubble sound levels and spectrums in each cases. To predict the bubble sizes when they are generated, the linearized equation driven by Strasberg is used.