Cooling capacity of experimental system with natural refrigerant circulation and condenser radiative cooling

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2022.253651

Keywords:

radiative cooling, effective radiation, natural circulation, refrigeration machine, thermosiphon system, energy saving

Abstract

The surface of the Earth is a source of radiation of thermal energy, which, passing through the atmosphere, is partially absorbed while the bulk of the energy is released into the surrounding outer space. A cooling technique based on this physical phenomenon is known as radiative cooling (RC). It is possible to reduce the consumption of electricity for cooling, as well as to reduce capital costs, by integrating the unit with radiative cooling directly into the circulation circuit of the refrigerant of the refrigeration machine. An experimental refrigeration system has been designed, in which in the cold periods of the year the removal of heat from the cooled object is carried out due to the mode of natural circulation of the refrigerant from the evaporator to the heat exchanger, cooled by radiative cooling. A refrigeration system with natural circulation and radiative cooling of the refrigerant R134a was experimentally studied during the autumn period in Almaty. The experimental study established that the chamber is cooled with the help of the examined system while the temperature in the cooled volume is maintained by 5...7 K above ambient air temperature at night. The dependence of the air temperature in the refrigerating chamber on the temperature of the atmospheric air has been determined. A procedure for assessing the cooling capacity of the system has been devised.

The study reported here demonstrated the possibility of using radiative cooling to remove heat under the mode of natural circulation of the refrigerant.

The refrigeration system reduces energy consumption in the cold seasons by diverting heat to the environment without the compressor operating

Author Biographies

Alexandr Tsoy, Almaty Technological University

PhD

Department of Machines and Devices of Manufacturing Processes

Alexandr Granovskiy, Almaty Technological University

Senior Researcher, Master of Technical Sciences

Department of Machines and Devices of Manufacturing Processes

Diana Tsoy, Almaty Technological University

PhD

Department of Machines and Devices of Manufacturing Processes

Dmitriy Koretskiy, Almaty Technological University

Junior Researcher, Graduate Student

Department of Machines and Devices of Manufacturing Processes

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2022-04-30

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Tsoy, A., Granovskiy, A., Tsoy, D., & Koretskiy, D. (2022). Cooling capacity of experimental system with natural refrigerant circulation and condenser radiative cooling . Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2(8 (116), 45–53. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2022.253651

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Vol. 2 No. 8 (116) (2022): Energy-saving technologies and equipment

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