Using a novel 3-port condensing wave rotor enhancing the turbocompression in a R718 refrigeration cycle, which uses only water as a refrigerant, has been introduced. The wave-rotor implementation can increase efficiency and reduce size and cost of R718 units. The condensing wave rotor employs pressurized water to pressurize, desuperheat, and condense the refrigerant vapor—all in one dynamic process. The underlying phenomena of flash evaporation, shock wave compression, desuperheating, and condensation inside the wave rotor channels are described in a wave and phase-change diagram. The thermodynamic process is shown in pressure–enthalpy and temperature–entropy diagrams. A computer program based on a thermodynamic model was generated to evaluate the performance of R718 baseline and wave-rotor-enhanced cycles. The effect of some key parameters on the performance enhancement is demonstrated as an aid for optimization. A performance map summarizes the findings. It shows optimum wave rotor pressure ratio and maximum relative performance improvement of R718 cycles by using the 3-port condensing wave rotor.
Issue Section:
Gas Turbines: Cycle Innovations
Keywords:
refrigerants,
refrigeration,
compressors,
condensation,
rotors,
turbomachinery,
heat transfer,
evaporation,
shock waves,
enthalpy,
entropy,
optimisation
Topics:
Refrigeration cycles,
Rotors,
Temperature,
Waves,
Cycles,
Pressure,
Compression,
Refrigerants,
Water,
Evaporation,
Compressors
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