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2007, International Journal of Energy Research
The purpose of incorporating an ejector into vapour compression cycle is to improve the COP by reducing the throttling loss associated with the expansion device. A computer simulation of the improved cycle is carried out using a one-dimensional model based on mass, momentum and energy balances. Refrigerant characteristics were evaluated using NIST subroutines for equations of state solutions. According to the results of simulation of the improved cycle, it has been shown that the geometric parameters of the ejector design have considerable effects on the system's performance. The maximum COP is obtained for F opt whose value is around 10. Several refrigerants are considered; it has been observed, at F opt and for given operating conditions, that the best performances are obtained with R141b. Compared with the standard cycle the COP of the improved cycle shows an increase of about 22%.
Since long time, it has been noticed that refrigerators are the devices which work almost 365 days round the clock; hence objective of energy efficiency improvement attracts much. There are several ways of improving the performance of a vapor compression refrigeration cycle. Use of an ejector as expansion device is one of the alternative way. The advent of new component ‘Ejector’ into refrigeration system opened the new era of research. The vital component, which decides the effective operation of the ejector expansion refrigeration system, is the ejector. Hence, design of an ejector and analyses of its physical and operational parameters have drawn special attention. The thermodynamic analysis of natural refrigerant (R 170) based vapour compression refrigeration cycles is presented in this article using a constant pressure mixing ejector as an expansion device. Using ejector as an expansion device, R 170 yields a maximum COP improvement of 24.12 percent.
2012
The traditional two-stage vapor compression refrigeration cycle might be replaced by a two-stage ejector-vapor compression refrigeration cycle if it is aimed the decrease of irreversibility during expansion. In this respect, the expansion valve is changed with an ejector. The performance improvement is searched in the case of choosing R404A as a refrigerant. Using the ejector as an expansion device ensures a higher value for COP compared to the traditional case. On the basis of the ejector approach it possible to identify the highest COP value for a given condensation temperature, when the evaporation temperature varies.
Performance improvement of ejector expansion refrigeration cycles employing a booster compressor using different refrigerants: Thermodynamic analysis and optimization, 2019
A novel ejector-expansion refrigeration cycle (EERC) is proposed, analyzed and optimized in this paper. Assuming a constant-pressure mixing model for ejector simulation, a detailed and comprehensive ther-modynamic analysis, based on the first and second laws, is conducted and the system performance is investigated for six proper refrigerants. The proposed system is then optimized considering the exergy efficiency as the objective function and a comparison is made with the standard EERC and conventional vapor compression refrigeration system at the optimized conditions. The results indicated that, among the six investigated refrigerants, R1234ze is the best one for which the proposed system has 5.7% and 15.5% higher exergy efficiency values than the standard EERC and conventional vapor compression refrigeration cycle, respectively, at condensing temperature of 40 • C and evaporation temperature of 5 • C. Also, it is concluded that for higher condensing and lower evaporating temperatures the value of performance improvement is higher. Amélioration de la performance des cycles frigorifiques á détente par éjecteur à l'aide d'un surpresseur (booster) utilisant différents frigorigènes : analyse thermodynamique et optimisation
International Journal of Refrigeration, 2014
The use of an ejector as an expansion device instead of an expansion valve for expansion work recovery in a vapor-compression cycle was experimentally investigated. The coefficient of performance (COP) values for both conventional and ejector systems were experimentally investigated under the same external conditions. It was observed that, although the drop in the refrigerant pressure in the evaporator of the ejector system was almost negligible, it rose as high as 133 kPa in the conventional system. Depending on the operating conditions, it was found that the work recovery in the ejector was between 14% and 17%. It was also found that the refrigeration system with an ejector as the expander exhibited a COP that was 6.2%-14.5% higher than that of the conventional system. The experimental results were found to comply with the theoretical results within an error of approximately 10%.
Energy, 2018
This paper presents a theoretical thermodynamic analysis of a novel Ejector Enhanced Vapor Compression Refrigeration (EEVCR) cycle using zeotropic mixture of propane and isobutane (R290/R600a) as a refrigerant to replace R134a in domestic refrigerators/freezers. 1 D thermodynamic model for a constant area mixing ejector is used to estimate the cycle performance under the condition of optimal operating regime. The Coefficient of Performance (COP), the Volumetric Cooling Capacity (VCC), Q v and the compressor pressure ratio are studied for the novel EEVCR cycle and the results are compared to the conventional cycle using pure fluid R134a and zeotropic mixture R290/R600a. A comparative study was carried out to determine the propane mass fraction, z in the zeotropic mixture that would be a suitable replacement for R134a. The results indicated that the cycle COP and Q v could be improved by 23% and 62.71%, respectively. In addition, the cycle COP and Q v for the proposed EEVCR cycle were higher by 70% than those for a modified ejector expansion cycle. Finally, the propane mass fraction of 60% in the zeotropic R290/R600a mixture was found to have similar saturation pressure as R134a and the cycle COP and Q v were found similar to those of R134a. X distance between the primary nozzle exit and the mixing chamber inlet z composition ratio Greek letters η efficiency ξ driving pressure ratio Γ expansion ratio θ temperature ratio Hydro Fluoro Carbon (HFC), has a negative impact on the environment due to its high Global Warming Potential (GWP). The Kyoto Protocol called for a reduction in emissions of HFCs used as refrigerants [1]. In November 2012, the European Commission proposed to revise Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases. This revision resulted in the regulation (EU) no. 517/2014 [2] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006. The European Regulation prescribed the phasing-out of the HFCs refrigerant with GWP greater or equal to 150 in domestic refrigerators and freezers. Consequently, researchers were eager to find new alternatives to substitute and replace HFCs refrigerants [3] with low GWP and low, or preferably zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP). The Hydro Carbons (HCs) such as propane (R290) and isobutane (R600a) provide environment friendly alternative refrigerants. In addition to their capacity for solving the environmental concerns of the refrigeration industry, their compatibility with the materials used in the refrigeration systems and their ability to be solved in conventional mineral oils are well recognized. The use of HCs mixture will facilitate the reduction of the domestic refrigerator's power consumption in compare to HFC refrigerants [4-6]. Wongwises et al. [7] However, the existing VCR cycle in domestic refrigerator/freezers, are often inefficient, and environmentally unsound. Energy-savings technologies are used to enhance domestic refrigerator/freezers refrigeration systems. Among these technologies, the ejectorcompression refrigeration system, which has become a current issue and received a great attention as an interesting subject for researchers [14-17]. Ejector systems can utilize natural, wasted or renewable thermal energy and have many advantages since they are simple in design, reliable, and have low installation and operational costs. An enhanced VCR cycle for
A conventional refrigeration cycle uses expansion device between the condenser and the evaporator which has losses during the expansion process. A refrigeration cycle with ejector is a promising modification to improve the performance of conventional refrigeration cycle. The ejector is used to recover some of the available work so that the compressor suction pressure increases. To investigate the enhancement a model with R134a refrigerant was developed. To solve the set of equations and simulate the cycle performance a subroutine was written on engineering equation solver (EES) environment. At specific conditions, the refrigerant properties are obtained from EES. At the design conditions the ejector refrigeration cycle achieved 5.141 COP compared to 4.609 COP of the conventional refrigeration cycle. This means that ejector refrigeration cycle offers better COP with 10.35% improvement compared to conventional refrigeration cycle. Parametric analysis of ejector refrigeration cycle indicated that COP was influenced significantly by evaporator and condenser temperatures, entrainment ratio and diffuser efficiency.
Refrigeration forms the basic essence of living comfort. Ejector Expansion Refrigeration Cycle (EERC) is a not so commonly used method of refrigeration. The use of this method is quite understated. It increases the efficiency of the normal refrigeration cycle by almost 16% over the basic cycle by utilising the energy wasted otherwise in the expansion valve in form of expansion process losses. EERC system has high potential which if harnessed properly could prove to be a very efficient method of refrigeration. This paper aims to showcase the real features of this method in a hope that it finds its way out in the commercial industry today.
Nowadays, the world faces a lot of challenges, mostly energy and environment crises. Refrigeration and air conditioning systems share with an enormous part in the world energy consumption. Reducing this energy consumption will not only contribute to solve energy crisis but also reduce the global warming by using environmentally friendly refrigerant R1234ze. Using a two phase ejector as an expansion device is a promising technique to reduce the power consumption of the traditional refrigeration systems. A computer simulation of the improved cycle is carried out using a one-dimensional model based on mass, momentum and energy balances. Refrigerant characteristics were evaluated using NIST subroutines for equations of state solutions. According to the results of simulation of the improved cycle, it has been shown that the geometric parameters of the ejector design have considerable effects on the system’s performance. The maximum COP is obtained for Ø opt whose value is around 9.9.Compared with the standard cycle the COP of the improved cycle shows an increase of about 18%.
2008
This paper describes a novel approach to the Rankin e vapor compression cycle for cooling and refrigera tion. The specific innovation is the application of a two-pha se device known as a “condensing ejector” (CE) for a second step of compression. The innovation has the potential of increasing the efficiency of the standard single-s tage vapor compression cycle through a reduction of mechanical compression at the expense of harnessing kinetic e nergy of gas in the ejector device. In addition it will redu ce the greenhouse gas emission by providing the same amount of cooling with less electric energy consumption. This is the continuation of the developmental work performed under the funding from the NSF and US Dept. of Energy.
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2016
This paper presents a detailed theoretical analysis of regenerative vapour compression refrigeration cycle with ejector as second stage of compression. The basic purpose of using ejector, is to utilize the regenerative use of potential energy of ejector two phase expansion flow which would otherwise be lost in expansion valve. First stage of compression is achieved by compressor, in which only vapour compresses to 50-60% of the final pressure, while second stage of compression is achieved by a jet device (ejector) using internal potential energy of the working fluid flow. By this arrangement work input to compressor is reduced significantly, resulting an increase in COP of the system as compared to traditional cycle. A mathematical computational model is developed in the equation window of engineering equation solver(EES) for calculating different parameters such as, compressor work, work of pump, refrigerating capacity and COP of the new regenerative cycle using new generation refrigerant HFO-1234yf as compared to R-134a.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 2022
Vapour compression refrigeration system is the conventional way existing for the refrigeration these days. Although to overcome the loses in conventional method there are several ways to improve the performance of vapour compression refrigeration cycle. This paper provides an alternative method of increasing the performance by varying the area ratio of the ejector. As Ejector is the most simple and economical replacement of throttling valve. A Simulation model is developed and parametric study of ejector is done. It was found that there will be increase in performance as area ratio is changed. This cycle is named as Ejector expansion Refrigeration System.
Energy, 2018
Improvement of the refrigeration cycle performance and the proper design of ejectors for compression energy recovery require a detailed analysis on the internal ejector working characteristics and geometry. To this aim, an experimental and numerical investigation of an ejector refrigeration system (ERS) is conducted to determine the effect of the most important ejector dimensions and main operating conditions on ejector working characteristics and cycle performance. Experimental results show that the best performance of the ejector and consequently the refrigeration cycle were achieved for the maximum pressure ratio at the critical condenser temperature point. At this condition, ejector internal exergy losses are minimal according to the carried out numerical studies. Furthermore, it has been found that the primary nozzle diameter is the most influential factor for ejector performance and pressure ratio improvement. Results show that an increase in the primary diameter leads to the double improvement of the overall ejector efficiency. In addition, it has been found that most of the exergy losses inside the ejector are located in three regions, respectively: the constant area mixing section, the mixing chamber and the primary nozzle.
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2015
In the context of recent developments in the field of energy, the aspect related to energy consumption is of great importance for specialists. Many industries rely on refrigeration technologies, a great challenge being expressed by attempts in energy savings in this sector. In this respect, efforts oriented towards efficient industrial refrigeration systems have revealed the necessity of a proper design. The most commonly used method of cooling is based on vapor compression cycles. Compared to vapor compression refrigeration systems, an ejector refrigeration system shows an inferior performance, indicated by the Coefficient of Performance of the cycle, but it is more attractive from energy saving point of view. In this respect, the present study deals with a theoretically analysis of an Ejector Refrigeration System, started with the presentation of the typical ejector design. It is stated that ejector refrigeration is a thermally driven system which requires low grade thermal energy for its working. After a short description of the analyzed system, are given equations for thermal loads and Coefficient of Performance calculation, on First Law basis. The working fluid considered in this research is Freon R134a. The developed study is focused on the effect of generating temperature variation on the Coefficient of Performance (COP) and on the work input to the pump when the cooling effect, the condensation temperature, the evaporation temperature and the reference state temperature are kept constant. Are obtained results in the following conditions: the condensation temperature is t c = 33 o C, the evaporation temperature is t e = 3 o C, the reference state temperature is t o = 23 o C. The generating temperature varies in the range 82 ÷ 92 o C and the cooling effect is 1 kW. Also, are known the isentropic efficiencies of the ejector, which are 0.90, and the isentropic efficiency of the pump, which is 0.75. Calculation will reveal that the Coefficient of Performance is increasing together with the increase of the generating temperature values, the best COP value being 0.178, in the considered range for the mentioned temperature. In the same time, the generating temperature increase leads to the increase of the work input to the pump.
The present review is concerned with the study of the effect of different expansion devices with refrigerant R22, R12, R407C, and R744 on the vapour compression refrigeration system. This paper is concerned with an overview of the project, the fundamental physics underlying the operation of fixed and variable expansion devices which includes capillary tube, thermostatic expansion valve, constant expansion device, Multi ejector expansion, and summarizes results of the analyses performed to compare them. For conducting the experimental verification with different expansion devices and R22, R12, R407C, R744 as refrigerant small test rig is used by many researchers. The experimental analysis conducted by various researchers for small capacity refrigeration systems are selected to study the performance characteristics of capacity of cooling, power required by the compressor, refrigerant mass flow rate and the coefficient of performance (COP) of the vapour compression refrigeration system with respect to different expansion devices like thermostatic expansion valve, Constant expansion valve and capillary tube.
2018
For more than a decade, there is a great demand for finding environmentally-friendly refrigerants obeying the global warming potential value restrictions of the tough environmental legislation. Among the candidate working fluids, R744 (carbon dioxide or CO2), R170 (ethane), and R41 (fluoromethane) are selected to be investigated parametrically in this paper. Performance comparison is made for these three working fluids individually in both transcritical (supercritical) refrigeration cycle and modification of this cycle with ejector expansion. As the first step, the effects of the gas cooler outlet temperature, evaporator temperature, and evaporator outlet superheat temperature difference on the overall performance and percentage expansion losses are investigated within a specific gas cooler pressure range. Evaporator outlet superheat temperature difference is found to be the least effective parameter on the performance; hence, secondly, the transcritical ejector expansion refrigeration cycle is analyzed considering only evaporator temperature and gas cooler outlet temperature based on the same gas cooler pressure ranges. Thermodynamic models are constructed in Matlab ® and the ejector equations for the ejector expansion refrigeration cycle are established with reference to constant pressure mixing assumption. Comparisons of the performance, percentage expansion losses, and performance improvement potential through the implementation of the ejector instead of the expansion valve among these three refrigerants having low critical temperatures represent the main objective of the paper in order to make contributions to the previous researches in the literature.
International Journal of Exergy, 2017
Utilisation of an ejector as an expander was experimentally investigated for an expansion work recovery in a basic refrigeration cycle. Exergy analysis was used to determine the amounts and locations of irreversibilities in the elements of the ejector expansion refrigeration system. It was seen that the ejector refrigeration cycle indicated a lower exergy destruction and a higher exergy efficiency compared to the vapour compression refrigeration cycle for each working condition. It was obtained that the values for the irreversibility of the ejector refrigeration cycle were less than in the vapour compression refrigeration cycle by 5.9-12.6% and the exergy efficiencies of ejector refrigeration cycle were 6.7-14.2% more than in the vapour compression cycle.
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 2020
Numerical simulations of the flow in a vapour ejector have been carried out. Real gas effects are accounted for in the calculations. Ejection as well as flow-through studies have been performed. Effects of the generator and evaporator temperatures and position of the primary nozzle have been investigated. Predicted values of the suction pressure and COP have been compared with experimental values reported in the literature. In addition, secondary flow area has also been evaluated and correlated with the COP. By tracking the sonic line and the edge of the primary stream and flow separation, insights on the gas dynamic and fluid dynamic aspects of the flow field and how they influence the entrainment of the secondary stream and consequently the COP are brought out. The study reveals that, in addition to the choking of the secondary stream, the expansion of the primary stream and the area available for the secondary stream also plays a key role in affecting the performance of the vapour ejector.
2012
The effects on the performance of the basic CO 2 refrigeration cycle when using an ejector as the expander to recover expansion work were investigated. A two-phase constant area ejector flow model was used in the ejector analysis. The coefficient of cooling performance and gas cooler pressure that yielded the maximum exergy efficiency, suction nozzle pressure drop, and optimum values for the ejector area ratio were determined for various evaporator and gas cooler outlet temperatures. Parametric studies were performed using engineering equation solver. The suction nozzle pressure drop had a significant effect on the ejector area ratio, coefficient of cooling performance, and exergy efficiency. It is necessary to design an ejector with the optimum area ratio to achieve the optimum pressure drop and maximum performance. Cycle that use the ejector as an expander always has higher coefficient of performance and exergy efficiency than conventional cycle under any operating condition. The irreversibility decreases compared to the classic refrigeration cycle when the ejector or turbine are used as an expander. The analysis results showed that-under a gas cooler pressure of 9.5 MPa, gas cooler outlet temperature of 40 C, evaporator temperature of 5 C, and cooling capacity of 3.5 kW-the total irreversibility of the ejector system was lower than those of the basic and turbine expander systems by 39.1% and 5.46%, respectively.
International Journal of Refrigeration, 2009
In this study, an improved cooling cycle for a conventional multi-evaporators simple compression system utilizing ejector for vapour precompression is analyzed. The ejectorenhanced refrigeration cycle consists of multi-evaporators that operate at different pressure and temperature levels. A one-dimensional mathematical model of the ejector was developed using the equations governing the flow and thermodynamics based on the constant-area ejector flow model. The model includes effects of friction at the constantarea mixing chamber. The energy efficiency and the performance characteristics of the novel cycle are theoretically investigated. The comparison between the novel and conventional system was made under the same operating conditions. Also, a comparison of the system performances with environment friendly refrigerants (R290, R600a, R717, R134a, R152a, and R141b) is made. The theoretical results show that the COP of the novel cycle is better than the conventional system.
2010
In order to identify the amounts and locations of irreversibility within the components of the cycle, exergy analysis is employed. A two-phase constant area ejector flow model was used. As the ejector component efficiencies increase, coefficient of performance and exergy efficiency increase. As a result, when the efficiencies of motive nozzle and diffuser are 100%, the efficiency of ejector suction nozzle increases from 20% to 100%, whereas the improvement ratio in cooling coefficient of performance and that of exergy efficiency increase at approximately 4.3 times. It was also found that as ejector component efficiencies fall, optimum ejector area ratio increases.
Inventions
Two-phase ejectors play a major role as refrigerant expansion devices in vapor compression systems and can find potential applications in many other industrial processes. As a result, they have become a focus of attention for the last few decades from the scientific community, not only for the expansion work recovery in a wide range of refrigeration and heat pump cycles but also in industrial processes as entrainment and mixing enhancement agents. This review provides relevant findings and trends, characterizing the design, operation and performance of the two-phase ejector as a component. Effects of geometry, operating conditions and the main developments in terms of theoretical and experimental approaches, rating methods and applications are discussed in detail. Ejector expansion refrigeration cycles (EERC) as well as the related theoretical and experimental research are reported. New and other relevant cycle combinations proposed in the recent literature are organized under theor...
Archives of Thermodynamics
Performance assessment of ejector-expansion vapor compression refrigeration system with eco-friendly R134a alternative refrigerants (R152a, R1234yf, R600a, R600, R290, R161, R32, and propylene) is presented for air-conditioning application. Ejector has been modeled by considering experimental data based correlations of component efficiencies to take care of all irreversibilities. Ejector area ratio has been optimized based on maximum coefficient of performance (COP) for typical air-conditioner operating temperatures. Selected refrigerants have been compared based on area ratio, pressure lift ratio, entrainment ratio, COP, COP improvement and volumetric cooling capacity. Effects of normal boiling point and critical point on the performances have been studied as well. Using ejector as an expansion device, maximum improvement in COP is noted in R1234yf (10.1%), which reduces the COP deviation with R134a (4.5% less in basic cycle and 2.5% less in ejector cycle). Hence, R1234yf seems to ...
Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2020
This paper investigates a modified ejector cycle (MEC) to further enhance the COP improvement of residential air conditioner (A/C), as compared to the standard ejector cycle (SEC). This paper also presents numerical and experimental studies of the MEC. Numerical approach of MEC performances was evaluated by using SEC cycle that had been developed by many researchers. In the experimental study of MEC, three motive nozzle diameters of 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1 mm were utilized. In addition, environmentally friendly refrigerant of R290 (propane) was used as a working fluid. The modeling results of residential A/C with the cooling capacity of 2.5 kW showed higher COP improvements of MEC than SEC for all entrainment ratios of the ejector. There was no COP improvement for SEC at a low entrainment ratio, whereas there are always COP improvements for all entrainment ratios for MEC. In addition, the experimental results showed the highest COP improvement of 16.67% was achieved with the motive nozzle diameter of 1.1 mm.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
Vapour compression refrigeration system is the conventional way existing for the refrigeration these days. Although to overcome the loses in conventional method there are several ways to improve the performance of vapour compression refrigeration cycle. This paper provides an alternative method of increasing the performance by varying the area ratio of the ejector. As Ejector is the most simple and economical replacement of throttling valve. A Simulation model is developed and parametric study of ejector is done. It was found that there will be increase in performance as area ratio is changed. This cycle is named as Ejector expansion Refrigeration System.
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