Conference Year
2021
Keywords
Exergy analysis, Domestic refrigeration appliances, Optimization
Abstract
Since refrigeration appliances consume more than 15% of electrical energy over the globe, many solutions have been proposed to enhance the efficiency of these appliances. However, the solutions mostly rise the expenditure and complexity of the appliances, making these methods less feasible for manufacturing. Therefore, some inexpensive and less complicated modifications should be proposed to enhance the efficiency and performance of the appliances affordably. This paper presents a new solution using unutilized cooling capacity of evaporator for cooling compressor. The experimental exergy analysis of a domestic refrigerator in which the suction pipe absorbs heat from the compressor shell illustrates a 12.64% reduction in total irreversibility, as well as a 5% and 4% of increase in cooling capacity and coefficient of performance, respectively. Moreover, the appliance with the modified cycle needs 18.2% less refrigerant than the normal design. This idea would be an affordable and practical way to enhance the efficiency of refrigeration appliances as well as decrease the manufacturing costs. This study proposes recommended design guidelines for more efficient refrigeration appliances to be used in designing compressors.