Performance Evaluation of Modified Low-Temperature Cascade (MLTC) Type Refrigeration System

Abstract

An experimental investigation was carried out to study the performance evaluation of Modified Low-Temperature Cascade (MLTC) system, based on two-stage cascade type refrigeration system using the combination of R404A/R23 refrigerants. This system was developed using chilled water (CHW) in the condenser of high-temperature circuit (HTC) and pre-cooler (PC) in the low-temperature circuit (LTC). Isentropic compression efficiency is computed in this work and used here as an important parameter. Performance of MLTC system was compared with or without the introduction of PC into LTC. System’s coefficient of performance (COP) has also been compared with using CHW, cooling tower water (CTW), normal water (NW) into the HTC condenser. It has also been shown that COPs of the system are significantly affected by slight variation in the LTC and HTC evaporating temperatures. Presented parameters and comparisons are likely to help in developing a low-temperature (LT) refrigeration system with higher efficiency for industrial and other applications.