MECH3423 Building Services Engineering II

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Refrigeration Systems

1. Introduction

2. Refrigerants

3. Refrigeration Cycles

4. Refrigeration Systems

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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Video Presentation:

• Refrigeration Cycle Video Animation (1:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqnyaUNxs9A
• How Absorption Refrigeration Works (2:27) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udeSVyx6_9A
  

Further Reading:

• Hundy, G. F., Trott, A. R. and Welch, T. C., 2008. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, 4th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, Amsterdam and Boston. [ebook via ScienceDirect]
• Chapter 2 The Refrigeration Cycle
• Chapter 3 Refrigerants
• Chapter 4 Compressors
• Chapter 5 Oil in Refrigerant Circuits
• NPTEL E-learning course -- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/
• Lesson 1 History Of Refrigeration http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/1
• Lesson 2 History Of Refrigeration – Development Of Refrigerants And Compressors http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/2
• Lesson 8 Methods of producing Low Temperatures http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/8
  
• Lesson 9 Air cycle refrigeration systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/9
  
• Lesson 10 Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/10
• Lesson 11 Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems: Performance Aspects And Cycle Modifications http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/11
• Lesson 12 Multi-Stage Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/12
• Lesson 13 Multi-Evaporator And Cascade Systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/13
• Lesson 14 Vapour Absorption Refrigeration Systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/14
• Lesson 18 Refrigeration System Components: Compressors http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/18
• Lesson 25 Analysis Of Complete Vapour Compression Refrigeration Systems http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/25
• Lesson 26 Refrigerants http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112105129/26

References:

• ASHRAE, 2014. ASHRAE Refrigeration Handbook 2014, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
• Wang, S. K., 2001. Handbook of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. [697.93 W24 h]

Web Links:

• Refrigeration - Wikidpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigeration
• Air cycle machine - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_cycle_machine
• Heat pump - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pump
  
• Refrigerant - Wikidpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerant
• List of refrigerants - Wikidpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_refrigerants
• Chlorofluorocarbon - Wikidpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon
• Vapor-compression refrigeration - Wikidpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor-compression_refrigeration

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| Created: Dec 2015 | Update: 27 Apr 2016 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |