The objective of the book is to serve first degree engineering students with an introduction to refrigeration systems. Typical topics include refrigeration thermodynamics, refrigeration systems and refrigeration modeling. These topics are presented in a student friendly manner assuming little to no previous knowledge of thermodynamis. The first part of the book deals with both the fundamentals of thermodynamics necessary in the study of refrigeration as well as the basics of refrigeration systems. The later chapters are more focused and slightly more advanced such that the student is introduced to the modeling aspects of refrigeration systems with the use of Mathworks® MATLAB.
Description
Content
Reviews
- Fundamentals of thermodynamics
- Systems and energy
- Properties of working fluids
- Reversibility and irreversibility
- The first law of thermodynamics
- The second law of thermodynamics
- Thermodynamic processes
- Conclusions
- Heat engines and reversed heat engines
- Heat engines
- Reversed heat engines
- Carnot cycle for a reversed heat engine
- Conclusions
- Working fluids
- Vapours
- Perfect gases
- Fluids in refrigeration
- Conclusions
- Vapour compression cycles
- Limitations of the Carnot cycle
- Modifications to the Carnot cycle
- Thermodynamic analysis of the vapour compression cycle
- Multistage vapour compression cycles
- Heat pumps
- Compressors
- Conclusions
- Vapour absorption and other cycles
- Principles of vapour absorption
- Dühring charts
- Ammonia – water absorption systems
- Absorption chillers and heat pumps
- Heat transformers
- Multistage vapour absorption cycles
- Gas liquefaction
- Steam jet refrigeration
- Air standard refrigeration cycle
- Conclusions
- Principles of numerical modelling and experimentation
- General idea
- Experimentation and uncertainty
- Limitations of numerical methods and experimental validation
- Conclusions
- Vapour compression system modelling
- Single stage
- Cascaded system
- Conclusions
- Vapour absorption system modelling
- LiBr-water vapour absorption system
- LiBr-water vapour absorption system using a solution heat exchanger
- Conclusions
Well explained with diagrams which makes it easy to follow and comprehensive. An excellent reference book on refrigeration thermodynamics, thanks.