ABSTRACT
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 56 Fundamentals ................................................................................................................................... 56
Temperature ................................................................................................................................. 56 Heat ............................................................................................................................................. 57 Enthalpy and Speci˜c Heat ......................................................................................................... 57 Entropy ........................................................................................................................................ 57 Energy Conservation for Steady Flow ........................................................................................ 57 Heat Transfer ............................................................................................................................... 58 Phase Change Processes .............................................................................................................. 58 Equilibrium for Multicomponent Solution..................................................................................60 Coef˜cient of Performance .........................................................................................................60
Vapor Compression Cycle ................................................................................................................ 61 Carnot Refrigeration Cycle and Its Modi˜cation ........................................................................ 61 Standard Vapor Compression Cycle ............................................................................................ 62 Cycle Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 63
Absorption Refrigeration Cycle ....................................................................................................... 63 Cycle Description ........................................................................................................................64 Cycle Analysis .............................................................................................................................65 Performance Characteristics........................................................................................................66 Optimum Design Map ................................................................................................................. 67
Ejector Refrigeration Cycle .............................................................................................................68 Cycle Description ........................................................................................................................69 Cycle Analysis .............................................................................................................................69 Performance Characteristics........................................................................................................ 70 Optimum Control Map ................................................................................................................ 72
Novel Combined Cycles .................................................................................................................. 73 Combined Ejector-Absorption Refrigeration Cycle ................................................................... 74 Cycle Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 74 Performance Characteristics........................................................................................................ 75
Combined Ejector-Vapor Compression Cycle ............................................................................... 76 Cycle Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 76 Performance Characteristics........................................................................................................77
Conclusions ...................................................................................................................................... 78 Nomenclature ................................................................................................................................... 78
