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Miguel de Caires 2011103012

Ginmarly Sáenz 2011103009
Luis Yanes 2010203174
Victor Perez 2010103287
Luis Oropeza 2009103120

Refrigeration Cycle
Thermodynamics is the science that studies the energy in the form of heat and the
transformation in work. Thermodynamics has many branches and applications, one of these
is refrigeration which has the purpose to lower the temperature of an environment. The
refrigeration cycle is a thermodynamic process which has as main objective extracts the
heat of a determined environment or space. This is used in many fields as food, automotive,
industrial and others.

The refrigeration cycle consists of 4 basic components that are: compressor, condenser,
evaporator and expansion valve. All the components are fundamental and the cycle works
with a substance called refrigerant. The compressor has as main objective increase the
pressure of the refrigerant and then the refrigerant goes to the condenser which carries the
refrigerant from the gas phase to liquid phase by extracting heat, from there it goes to the
expansion valve which lowers the pressure and creates a mixture in the substance of gas
and liquid, finally it goes to the evaporator that returns the substance to the gaseous state by
adding heat, then it enters to the compressor and the cycle repeats.

It consists of 4 processes:
1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor
2-3 Rejection of heat at constant pressure in a condenser
3-4 Strangulation in an Expansion Device
4-1 Absorption of heat at constant pressure in an evaporator

In the refrigeration cycle there are 3 lines, one of hot gas where it leaves the compressor
and enters in the condenser. We have the liquid line that is when it leaves the condenser in
liquid form and goes to the expansion valve and as final line we have the line of section that
is between the evaporator outlet and the compressor inlet. In a domestic refrigerator the
tubes in the freezer compartment, where the heat is absorbed by the refrigerant, serve as the
evaporator. The coils behind the refrigerator, where the heat dissipates in the air of the
Kitchen, serve as the condenser. Finally the area under the process curve in a T-s diagram
represents heat transfer in case of internally reversible processes
 Members:

Miguel de Caires 2011103012

Ginmarly Sáenz 2011103009
Luis Yanes 2010203174
Victor Perez 2010103287
Luis Oropeza 2009103120

Refrigeration Cycle
Option 1 Ramas y Aplicaciones de la Termodinámica
Branches and Applications of
Thermodynamics Ramas y Aplicaciones Termodinámicas
Option 2
Branched and Thermodynamic Applications

Basic components of refrigeration cycle Componentes básicos del ciclo de

refrigeración

Fields where refrigeration cycle is used Campos donde se usa el ciclo de refrigeración

Heat transfer in case of internally reversible Calor transferido en caso de procesos

processes reversible internamente

Processes of refrigeration cycle Procesos del ciclo de refrigeración

Option 1
Refrigeration cycle lines Líneas del ciclo de refrigeración
Option 2
Cooling cycle lines Líneas del ciclo de enfriamiento