Performance evaluations of refrigeration systems with air-cooled, water-cooled and evaporative condensers

HOŞÖZ M., Kilicarslan A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, cilt.28, sa.8, ss.683-696, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/er.990
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.683-696
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: air-cooled condenser, water-cooled condenser, evaporative condenser, refrigeration, performance
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This paper compares the performance characteristics of refrigeration systems employing three types of condensers, namely the air-cooled, the water-cooled and the evaporative condensers. Experimental studies were conducted in the same vapour-compression refrigeration unit operating with a different condenser in each test. It was found that the system with water-cooled condenser had a higher refrigeration capacity by 2.9-14.4%. and a higher COP by 1.5-10.2% than the one with evaporative condenser. However, the refrigeration capacity and COP of the unit with evaporative condenser were higher than those of the one with air-cooled condenser by 31.0 and 14.3%, respectively. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.