The methods for improving second law efficiency have been considered in this paper by using liquid vapour heat exchanger is investigated in this paper. Detailed energy and exergy analysis of multi-evaporators at different temperatures with single compressor and single expansion valve using liquid vapour heat exchanger vapour compression refrigeration systems have been done in terms of performan...

For wave propagation at low frequencies in a porous medium, the Gassmann-Domenico relations are well-established for homogeneous partial saturation by a liquid. They provide the correct relations for seismic velocities in terms of constituent bulk and shear moduli, solid and fluid densities, porosity and saturation. It has not been possible, however, to invert these relations easily to determin...

Compression of pure refrigerants in the two-phase flow region has a number of advantages for the performance of vapor compression systems. Compressors may be lubricated by liquid refrigerant so that the process side of the cycle is not contaminated by lubricant. The compression process can be realized in the two-phase region preventing superheating with its associated irreversibility losses. Th...

The development of a three parameters Corresponding States (CS) model is here proposed aiming at the prediction of the saturated and compressed liquid density of pure fluids pertaining to the two conformal families of alkanes (A) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) which are widely used as refrigerants. Two fluids of the same family are chosen for both their acentric factor value and for the saturated...

Nowadays around 46% of food production the world requires refrigeration, which is generally provided either by active vapour-compression (based on refrigerants with liquid-gas transitions) or passive cold-storage on...

The impact of refrigeration systems on the environment can be reduced by: a) the use of alternative refrigerants which are less harmful to the environment and b) the optimisation of systems and control strategies to deliver increased levels of energy efficiency_ Mathematical modelling offers the opportunity to test the performance of systems under different operating conditions and with alterna...

The migration characteristics of carbon nanotubes from liquid phase to vapor phase in the refrigerant-based nanofluid pool boiling were investigated experimentally. Four types of carbon nanotubes with the outside diameters from 15 to 80 nm and the lengths from 1.5 to 10 μm were used in the experiments. The refrigerants include R113, R141b and n-pentane. The oil concentration is from 0 to 10 wt....