Simulasi Termodinamika Pengaruh Temperatur Subcooling di Kondensor Terhadap Kinerja Cold Storage

Abstract

The subcooling temperature in the condenser can affect the overall performance of the refrigeration system. One of the refrigeration systems that plays an important role in the cold chain of fishery products is cold storage. This paper discusses thermodynamic study of the effect of condenser subcooling temperatures on the performance of cold storage that operates based on a vapor compression refrigeration cycle based on the CoolPack software. The subcooling temperatures varied was 5 – 10 Kelvin and the system performance parameters analyzed were refrigerant mass flow rate, heat rejected in the condenser, compressor power and coefficient of performance. The results of this study indicate that as the subcooling temperature increases, the refrigerant mass flow rate decreases so that the compressor power and the rate of heat release in the condenser also decrease. Thus, the performance coefficient of cold storage will increase as the subcooling temperature increases.