Summary
The cooling performance and reliability of a transcritical CO2 cycle can be significantly improved by using a multi-stage compressor with gas injection because the CO2 cycle has a large pressure difference across a compressor. The objective of this study is to investigate the performance and operating characteristics of a two-stage CO2 cycle with gas injection. In this study, the performances of a two-stage CO2 cycle with gas injection (called as "two-stage gas injection cycle") were measured as the amount of refrigerant charge, first- and second-stage compressor frequencies, and first- and second-stage EEV openings were varied in the cooling mode operation. The cooling COP of the two-stage gas injection cycle was maximally enhanced by 16.5% over that of the two-stage non-injection cycle in the experiments. In addition, when the first- and second-stage EEV openings were increased, the compression ratio decreased and this in turn, improved the cooling COP of the two-stage gas injection cycle. However, when the first-stage EEV opening was increased, the mass flow rate through the evaporator decreased, and this in turn, decreased the cooling capacity of the two-stage gas injection cycle. Therefore, in the two-stage gas injection cycle, an optimum control of both EEV openings is required.
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- Original title: Performance evaluation of a two-stage CO2 cycle with gas injection in the cooling mode operation.
- Record ID : 2009-0103
- Languages: English
- Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 32 - n. 1
- Publication date: 2009/01
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Compression systems;
CO2 - Keywords: Refrigerating system; Measurement; Two-stage system; Compression system; Performance; Injection; Transcritical cycle; Refrigerant; CO2
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