CHAPTER FOUR
DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENT PARTS AND WORKING PRINCIPLE
The description of the component parts used in this project is analyzed in this chapter. This is done in order to understand the function of each component in the refrigeration system.
4.1 THE COMPRESSOR
The compressor is often called the heat of any refrigeration system, the purpose of the compressor in the vapour compression refrigeration system is to accept the low pressure dry gas, low comparative refrigerant into its cylinder and compress it to high pressure, high temperature gas and to discharged the refrigerant in the state into condenser through the discharged value Whiteman, (2005).
It is very high important in vapour compression refrigerant as it enable the spent vapour from the evaporator to be used recapturing it and ronci1ng basis which it can be liquefied for reuse.
Compressor Efficiency
Compressor efficiency is measured in term of Is volume of gas it pumps in a single cylinder.
Volumetric efficiency (volume of gas pumped for stroke)/(volume of compressor cylinder)
Factor that affect the Volumetric Efficiency of Compressor
High side pressure
ii. Low side pressure
iii. Clearance pocket
High Side Pressure: High side pressure makes the compressor pump again a greater force and therefore reduce the amount of vapour pumped by compressor on each stroke. Capacity of the compressor is a function of the speed and volume of the cylinder replacement.
Since the volume is normally fixed (i.e. either I 750 or 3500 rpm), the eight of’ refrigerant pump becomes a mechanical ration of stroke per minute times the cylinder volume Whiteman, (2005).
This type of compressor whereby an increase in pressure is accomplished in a single step is called single stage compressor.
Reciprocating is widely in refrigeration system for the f refrigerant gases. They are various size ranging from small cylinder unit to large multi cylinder installation capable of compression thousandof cubic feet refrigerant gas per minute.
Reciprocating compressors are only type suitable for compressing air and gases to extremely pressure William (2005)
