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State merits and demerits of an air refrigeration system.
written 8.4 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 68k modified 2.9 years ago by gravatar for pedsangini276 pedsangini276 • 4.8k

Mumbai University > Mechanical Engineering > Sem8 > Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

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Year: May 2015
refrigeration and air conditioning
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written 8.4 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 68k

Merits:

  • Air is easily available
  • It is cheap
  • Weight per TR is low and hence ideal for aircraft refrigeration
  • No leakage problem
  • It is non-flammable and non-toxic refrigerant
  • Low maintenance cost

Demerits:

  • It absorbs heat as sensible heat only, hence mas flow arte required is more as compared to other refrigerants
  • Low COP
  • Freezing of moisture at low temperature.
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