What is Ozone Depletion

This chapter describes a collaborative effort of US private companies and various departments of the US Government to investigate the possibility of improving the efficiency of HVAC systems by use of one and two-phase ejectors. It is anticipated that this technology, when fully developed will result in attractive, energy saving products that significantly improve the performance of commercial and residential chiller/air-conditioning systems, refrigeration plants, and heat pumps (geothermal and air-source). Although the literature describing ejector applications in refrigeration dates back to the year of 1900, the ejector use was always considered as controversial, because the previous research had resulted with only theoretical results and without visible, commercial products. The research on the ejector application is consistent with present directions in the HVAC industry and it will attract more attention and research funding in the future. A classification of thermodynamic cycles where ejectors can be applied composed by three distinctive “categories” is suggested.