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    Vapour-compression refrigeration or vapor-compression refrigeration system (VCRS), in which the refrigerant undergoes phase changes, is one of the many...
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    cycles and refrigeration cycles can be classified as vapor compression, vapor absorption, gas cycle, or Stirling cycle types. The vapor-compression cycle is...
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    as: Vapor cycle, and Gas cycle Vapor cycle refrigeration can further be classified as: Vapor-compression refrigeration Sorption Refrigeration Vapor-absorption...
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    common vapor-compression refrigeration systems, an absorption refrigerator has no moving parts. In the early years of the 20th century, the vapor absorption...
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    applied to refrigeration than vapor-compression refrigeration is. The primary advantages of a Peltier cooler compared to a vapor-compression refrigerator...
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    Artificial refrigeration began in the mid-1750s, and developed in the early 1800s. In 1834, the first working vapor-compression refrigeration, using the...
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    Compressor (redirect from Gas compression)
    compression Ideal Brayton Cycle 1->2 Isentropic compression in a compressor Ideal Vapor-compression refrigeration Cycle 1->2 Isentropic compression in...
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    cool an enclosed space. Air conditioners, which typically use vapor-compression refrigeration, range in size from small units used in vehicles or single...
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  • all experience phase changes between the vapor and liquid states - the same as in vapor compression refrigeration; while the adsorbent is a solid, such as...
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  • Another use of the term occurs in industrial refrigeration, specifically vapor-compression refrigeration. Normally, the economizer concept is applied...
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    Chiller (redirect from Compression chiller)
    removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated...
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    a refrigeration function to chill the water, using Vapor compression refrigeration or Thermoelectric cooling. Water coolers using vapor compression refrigeration...
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  • Thermosiphon Underfloor air distribution Underfloor heating Vapor barrier Vapor-compression refrigeration (VCRS) Variable air volume (VAV) Variable refrigerant...
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  • Absorption heat pump Heat pump Vapor-compression refrigeration Hultén, Magnus; Berntsson, Thore (1999). "The compression/absorption cycle – influence of...
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    (often abbreviated as TEV, TXV, or TX valve) is a component in vapor-compression refrigeration and air conditioning systems that controls the amount of refrigerant...
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  • The vapor pressure of water is the pressure exerted by molecules of water vapor in gaseous form (whether pure or in a mixture with other gases such as...
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    outside a building and release it inside; it uses the same vapor-compression refrigeration process and much the same equipment as an air conditioner,...
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    technology is very material-dependent and will likely not replace vapor-compression refrigeration without significantly improved materials that are cheap, abundant...
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  • Thumbnail for Vapor-compression evaporation
    Vapor-compression evaporation is the evaporation method by which a blower, compressor or jet ejector is used to compress, and thus, increase the pressure...
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    This is often referred to as "auto-refrigeration" and is the basis of most conventional vapor compression refrigeration systems. If the saturated liquid...
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    Heat-exchanging element in the firebox of some steam boilers Vapor-compression refrigeration – Refrigeration process Watercooling – Method of heat removal from...
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    to the incoming fresh air from outside. The performance of vapor compression refrigeration cycles is limited by thermodynamics. These air conditioning...
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    An example of such an exchange would be an isentropic expansion or compression that entails work done on or by the flow. For an isentropic flow, entropy...
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    A vapor barrier (or vapour barrier) is any material used for damp proofing, typically a plastic or foil sheet, that resists diffusion of moisture through...
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    outside a building and release it inside; it uses the same vapor-compression refrigeration process and much the same equipment as an air conditioner,...
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    into a smaller space. Flash evaporation Vapor-compression refrigeration Souders–Brown equation (for sizing vapor–liquid separators) Steam drum William D...
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    terephthalate (PET). Centrifugal compressor Diving air compressor Vapor-compression refrigeration Bloch, H.P. & Hoefner, J.J. (1996). Reciprocating Compressors...
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    on the electric motor by 6–15% compared to a conventional vapor-compression refrigeration system that uses a throttling expansion valve rather than a...
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    differs from other air conditioning systems, which use vapor-compression or absorption refrigeration cycles. Evaporative cooling exploits the fact that water...
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  • valve Refrigeration cycle Vapor-compression refrigeration Evaporator Condensation Thermodynamics Gustav Lorentzen Ibrahim Dinçer, Refrigeration Systems...
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