Design and performance evaluation of a solar-powered milk chilling system using eco-friendly refrigerants for rural dairy applications
摘要
This study focuses on performance evaluation and energy analysis of a milk-cooled chiller in which a refrigerant compressor is operated by solar power. This paper also investigates comparing the performance of the vapor compression refrigeration cycle with and without superheating and superheating working with R1234yf, a new refrigerant with low global warming potential and ozone depletion potential. The new refrigerant has been taken into discussion here. The coefficient of performance of the refrigeration system can be increased by increasing the refrigeration effect or by reducing the work done by the compressor. Input power is a significant concern in the vapor compression cycle at the village level, so solar power has been used to drive the refrigerant compressor. To increase the system’s coefficient of performance, an analytical study of a vapor compression refrigeration system with a heat exchanger was conducted. It is necessary for the compressor effort to decrease and the refrigerating impact to increase to improve the coefficient of performance. Installing a heat exchanger in the vapor compression refrigeration system (VCR) increases its efficiency. Many refrigeration systems employ the traditional vapor compression refrigeration cycle, which has a low coefficient of performance (COP).