Experimental Study on the Performance Analysis of Vapour Compression Refrigeration Test Rig with and without Phase Change Materials

Abstract

The performance of heat transfer is the essential area of research in the field of thermal engineering. For the process of heat transfer, there are numbers of refrigerants which used in domestic refrigeration to transfer the heat from low-temperature reservoir to high-temperature reservoir. The vapour compression refrigeration technology has made a great improvement over a few decades in the form of the efficiency of cycle through significant efforts of thermal engineers and manufacturers. The modification of the cycle should be investigated to enhance the efficiency of the system. In this paper, the experimental study is conducted to predict the comparison between the Simple VCR with and without Phase change materials such as potassium chloride solution, Ethylene Glycol. Hence the proposed system could be a new option for performance improvement of a VCR system by enhancing heat transfer of the evaporator with the help of Phase Change Materials.