196 A Textbook of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

1. Two stage compression with liquid intercooler.

2. Two stage compression with water intercooler.
3. Two stage compression with water intercooler, liquid subcooler and liquid flash chamber.
4. Two stage compression with water intercooler, liquid subcooler and flash intercooler.
5. Three stage compression with flash chambers.
6. Three stage compression with water intercoolers.
7. Three stage compression with flash intercoolers.
The above mentioned types are now discussed, in detail. one by one in the following pages.

5.4 Two Stage Compression with Liquid Intercooler

The arrangement of a two stage compression with liquid intercooler is shown in
Fig. 5.1 (a). The corresponding p-h diagram is shown in Fig. 5.1 (b).

High pressure 3
Low pressure
Condenser compressor compressor Evaporator

5
E,
Expansion 6
Uquid Expansion
valve Intercooler valve
(Float valve}

(a) Two stage compression with liquid intercooler.

Sat. vapour
line
Pc
1
Isentropic
compression

- - - - Enthalpy _ _ _...,..
(b) p-h diagram.
fig. 5.1