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3) Low working pressures: The working pressures of the absorption refrigeration cycle
are very low. In case of the lithium bromide system these pressures are so low that even
the expansion valve is not required since the drop in pressure of the refrigerant due to its
flow is good enough to produce its expansion. Due to this the refrigeration system should
be sealed thoroughly so that no atmospheric gases would enter the refrigeration system.
As such the system of the compression refrigeration should also be packed tightly, but
this is to prevent the leakage of the refrigerant to the atmosphere.
5) Higher heat rejection: In the absorption refrigeration heat has to be rejected from
number of parts like condenser, absorber, analyzer, rectifier etc. thus heat rejection factor
for absorption refrigeration system is high and it can be around 2.5. In the compression
refrigeration system the heat is given up only from the condenser, so it heat rejection
factor is small, which is about 1.2. Thus the cooling tower and pump capacities for
pumping the cooling water have to be higher in case of the absorption refrigeration
system, which leads to increase in the running cost of the system.
Reference
Book: Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by P N Ananthanarayanan, Tata
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited
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