TO DEVELOP A VCR COOLER

Under the guidance of:

Asst. Prof. Ajeet Agrawal.
Presented by:
Jishnu S Kumar (3933711020)
Tarun Ku. Baghel (3933711047)
Brij Pal (3933711063)

INTRODUCTION

A VCR cooler is a combination of a refrigeration cycle and a conventional desert

cooler.
The fan sucks the air inside the room and forces it to pass over the cooling coil i.e.
evaporator of the refrigeration cycle thereby the air gets cooled.

WORKING OF THE VCR COOLER

The Vapour Compression Refrigeration(VCR) cooler works on the VCR cycle.

A refrigerant flows through the VCR cycle between two pressure levels.
Higher pressure of refrigerant vapour is generated by a gas compressor.
The high pressure gas is condensed to high pressure liquid in a condensor.
This high pressure liquid is then throttled in a capillary tube. Throttling reduces
the temperature of the refrigerant upto -5 oC.
The low temperature liquid flows through evaporator coil where air is forced to
flow over it.
Refrigerant absorbs latent heat from the air and converts into gas which flows
to the compressor . On the other hand, air gets cooled by loosing heat.

SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF VCR CYCLE

T-s DIAGRAM

P-h DIAGRAM

ADVANTAGES

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Advantages over conventional desert cooler :

No addition of moisture in the rooms air.
No water requirement thereby very useful in deserts.
More cooling effect than conventional desert coolers.
No cleaning required.
No porous material requirement.

Advantages over an air-conditioner :

Cleaning of the evaporator is easier because the evaporator used in VCR cooler is bare
tube whereas air conditioners have finned tubes evaporators.
Low electricity bills because the condenser cooling is being done in atmospheric
pressure.
Low cost than air-conditioner.