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Analysis of a domestic refrigerator cycle with an ejector

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OSTI ID:87489
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  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
In this paper, an improved cooling cycle for a conventional domestic refrigerator-freezer utilizing an ejector for vapor precompression is analyzed using an idealized model Its energy efficiency is compared to that of the conventional refrigerator-freezer system. Emphasis is placed on off-design conditions. The ejector-enhanced refrigeration cycle consists of two evaporators that operate at different pressure and temperature levels. The ejector combines the vapor flows exiting the two evaporators into one at an intermediate pressure level The ejector cycle gives an increase of up to 12.4% in the coefficient of performance (COP) compared to that of a standard refrigerator-freezer refrigeration cycle. The analysis includes calculations on the optimum throat diameters of the ejector. The investigation on the off-design performance of the ejector cycle shows little dependency of energy consumption on constant ejector throat diameters.
OSTI ID:
87489
Report Number(s):
CONF-950104--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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