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Thermodynamic Performance Investigation of Commercial R744 Booster Refrigeration Plants Based on Advanced Exergy Analysis.

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Title: Thermodynamic Performance Investigation of Commercial R744 Booster Refrigeration Plants Based on Advanced Exergy Analysis.
Authors: Gullo, Paride, Hafner, Armin, Banasiak, Krzysztof
Source: Energies (19961073); Feb2019, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p354, 1p, 4 Diagrams, 11 Charts, 4 Graphs
Abstract: After the recent renewed interest in CO2 as the refrigerant (R744) for the food retail industry, many researchers have focused on the performance enhancement of the basic transcritical R744 supermarket refrigeration unit in warm climates. This task is generally fulfilled with the aid of energy-based methods. However, the implementation of an advanced exergy analysis is mandatory to properly evaluate the best strategies needing to be implemented to achieve the greatest thermodynamic performance improvements. Such an assessment, in fact, is widely recognized as the most powerful thermodynamic tool for this purpose. In this work, the advanced exergy analysis was applied to a conventional R744 booster supermarket refrigerating system at the outdoor temperature of 40 °C. The results obtained suggested the adoption of a more sophisticated layout, i.e., the one outfitted with the multi-ejector block. It was found that the multi-ejector supported CO2 system can reduce the total exergy destruction rate by about 39% in comparison with the conventional booster unit. Additionally, the total avoidable exergy destruction rate was decreased from 67.60 to 45.57 kW as well as the total unavoidable exergy destruction rate was brought from 42.67 down to 21.91 kW. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Subject Terms: REFRIGERANTS, REFRIGERATION & refrigerating machinery, EXERGY, TEMPERATURE, THERMODYNAMICS
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ISSN: 19961073
DOI: 10.3390/en12030354
Database: Complementary Index
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