With simple and clear experiments this equipment is intended mainly as a basic introduction to refrigeration. It enables familiarisation with the operation and handling of a refrigeration system. The experimental unit includes all the necessary components for a fully operational refrigeration circuit, such as compressor, condenser, evaporator and a capillary tube as expansion element. Other components complement the scope of the equipment: display and control panel, pressure switches and pressure display to protect the compressor against excessive pressure and a flow meter and sight glass with filter/drier. Condenser and evaporator are each present twice: as air/refrigerant heat exchanger and as water/refrigerant heat exchanger. This allows for different component combinations. The components are mounted on plates and form installation-ready modules. 6 of the 8 modules are positioned in the frame at any one time and connected via hoses and supply cables. This allows for the construction of different simple compression refrigeration systems. For filling the system the refrigerant filling and evacuation equipment is recommended.
Learning Objectives/Experiments
- Fundamentals of a simple refrigeration circuit
- Detection and understanding of the cyclic process
- Changes of state of the refrigerant
- Representation the refrigeration circuit in the process schematic
- Representation of the cyclic process in the log p-h diagram
- Estimating key figures, refrigeration capacity and heat fluxes
- Different operating modes
- Air cooling
- Generating cold water
- Heat pump (generate hot water)
- Practical exercises
- Draining and filling the refrigeration system
- Fault finding
Specification
- Setup of simple refrigeration circuits with different components
- 8 self-contained operational modules mounted on a plate each
- Light-weight aluminium frame to arrange 6 modules
- Evaporator and condenser each available as air/refrigerant heat exchanger (finned tube heat exchanger) and as water/refrigerant heat exchanger (with pipe coil)
- Modules fitted with manual valves
- Components connected via hoses
- Technical Specification
- Hermetic Refrigerant Compressor
- Power Consumption: 67W At 5/40°C
- Refrigeration Capacity: 152W At 5/40°C
Tank Content
- Water Tank, Evaporator: 2L
- Water Tank, Condenser: 3L
Pressure Switch Activation Pressure
- LP: 1bar
- HP: 14bar
Manometer
- Inlet Side (Low Pressure): 1…10bar
- Outlet Side (High Pressure): 1…30bar
- Rotameter: 0…7,4L/h
Refrigerant
- R513A
- GWP: 631
- Filling volume: 400g
- CO2-equivalent: 0,3t
- 230V, 50Hz, 1 phase
- 230V, 60Hz, 1 phase
- 120V, 60Hz, 1 phase
