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Capillary Tube as an Expansion Device in a CO2 (R744) Transcritical Heat Pump System

Capillary Tube as an Expansion Device in a CO2 (R744) Transcritical Heat Pump System

Neeraj Agrawal, Souvik Bhattacharyya
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466683983|ISBN10: 1466683988|EISBN13: 9781466683990
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8398-3.ch009
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Agrawal, Neeraj, and Souvik Bhattacharyya. "Capillary Tube as an Expansion Device in a CO2 (R744) Transcritical Heat Pump System." Handbook of Research on Advances and Applications in Refrigeration Systems and Technologies, edited by Pedro Dinis Gaspar and Pedro Dinho da Silva, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 360-377. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8398-3.ch009

APA

Agrawal, N. & Bhattacharyya, S. (2015). Capillary Tube as an Expansion Device in a CO2 (R744) Transcritical Heat Pump System. In P. Gaspar & P. da Silva (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Advances and Applications in Refrigeration Systems and Technologies (pp. 360-377). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8398-3.ch009

Chicago

Agrawal, Neeraj, and Souvik Bhattacharyya. "Capillary Tube as an Expansion Device in a CO2 (R744) Transcritical Heat Pump System." In Handbook of Research on Advances and Applications in Refrigeration Systems and Technologies, edited by Pedro Dinis Gaspar and Pedro Dinho da Silva, 360-377. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8398-3.ch009

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Abstract

Natural refrigerants which are ecologically safe and were in use extensively in the pre-CFC era are witnessing a revival of CO2 (R744). Inherently being a low critical temperature (31.2 ?C) refrigerant, the CO2 cycle based system operates in transcritical mode offers an opportunity to obtain an optimum operating condition. Capillary tubes which are extensively used in small size vapour compression systems work very differently in a CO2 transcritical heat pump system. In this chapter it is described that installation of a capillary tube having an appropriately designed length replacing an expansion valve will result in a natural adjustment of the gas cooler pressure, so that the system balance always shifts to a favourable COP direction; this is contrary to the scepticism that exists on the capability of a capillary tube to attain the optimal pressure operation. There is an optimal length of capillary tube for a given diameter at which the heat pump runs optimally.

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