Submitted By - Guided By –

Parijat Panda Mr. S.Majhi

Roll – 34357 Dept. Of Mechanical Engg.
Regd. No. – 1501105322 IGIT Sarang
7th Sem
 Objective
 Introduction
 Experimental Setup
 Data Reduction
 Error Analysis
 Results
 Conclusion
 Reference
 To improve the COP of a VCR system, by recovering
waste heat from the condenser and the evaporator
using humidification - dehumidification desalination
process.
 HDH desalination is a kind of simple water
treatment process which is suitable for low
temperature desalination applications.

 Open air closed water HDH desalination system is

selected for this study in order to maintain the
lower air temperature in the cycle.

 Because the rise in air temperature will reduce the

refrigeration system performance.

 However, the water is replaced in often in order to

maintain the lower temperature.
 Compressor Storage
Tank

Refrigeration
Capillary Condenser
Unit
Desalination
Unit

Dehumid-
Humidifier
fier
Evaporator
DATA REDUCTION
 U – tube manometer is connected to the orifice meter for
measuring the air mass flow rate and the flow rate is controlled by
the flow control valve.

 Pressure gauges (0–500 psi) are fixed at the condenser inlet and
outlet to measure the subsequent pressure.

 Compound gauges (−30 to 250 psi) are connected in the

evaporator inlet, evaporator outlet, and dehumidifier outlet.

 Alcohol thermometers (-10 °C to 110 °C) are placed at all the inlets
and outlets.

 An energy meter is used to measure the power consumed for

refrigeration and desalination process.
Uncertainty in a measured value can be defined as chance of error
occurred in the measured value of the instrument and it can be found
using the following formula : -
•A complete set of experiments has been performed to
improve the COP of the refrigerator unit by reducing the
refrigerant temperature in the condenser and by increasing
the refrigeration temperature at dehumidifier.

•A HDH unit used in the refrigerator, including an energy

recovery stage where the waste heat from the condenser
and evaporator is used for desalinisation process.

•The COP of conventional refrigerator was recorded as 2.6

and it was escalated up to 4.61 by integrating the HDH
system at the flow rate of water of 544 kg/h and air of 30
kg/h.
 Energy Recovery from a Vapour Compression
Refrigeration system using Humidification
Dehumidification Desalinisation - K. Srithara, T.
Rajaseenivasan, M. Arulmani, R. Gnanavel, M.
Vivar, Manuel Fuentes