Title
Comparison between the steam compression refrigeration system with intercooler and with compressor scale system: A case study
Date Issued
01 March 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Mariños Rosado D.J.
Rojas Chávez S.B.
de Carvalho J.A.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract
The present investigation is developed in the refrigeration industry, whose activity is the production and commercialization of the ice used mainly in the fishing industry. The development consists in evaluating and comparing the steam compression refrigeration system with intercooler and the steam compression refrigeration system with compressor scale system. These evaluations are intended to determine the COP in both systems through an energetic and exergetic analysis, as well as to reduce the freezing time of the ice without affecting its quality. Finally, a thermoeconomic evaluation of these systems will be carried out to allow the company to analyze the convenience in study, by reducing their production costs using their productive processes efficiently, providing quality products, and being competitive in the market. It is evident that when carrying out the evaluation of the refrigeration system with compressor scale system, it will be possible to increase the exergetic efficiency, reduce the irreversibilities and the destroyed exergy; Above all, the COP will be increased by 8.28%, which allows a reduction in ice freezing time by 22.25% or 3 h and 39 min. In addition to obtaining savings in electricity consumption equivalent to $ 8563.00 dollars in the next 12 months.
Start page
406
End page
417
Volume
183
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería mecánica Termodinámica Física de plasmas y fluídos
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85060314956
Source
Energy Conversion and Management
ISSN of the container
0196-8904
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to FAPESP , Brasil (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil) for support of this work through Project 2017/08975-1 .
Sources of information: Directorio de Producción Científica Scopus