 In this system, the refrigerant used alternately

undergoes a change of phase from vapour to liquid,

and liquid to vapour during the cycle.
 The latent heat of Vaporisation is used for absorbing
the heat at low temperatures from refrigerated space
and the same is rejected during the condensation of
the system.
 The vapour compression cycle uses a circulating liquid
refrigerant as the medium which absorbs and removes
heat from the space to be cooled and subsequently
rejects that heat elsewhere.
 System has 4 component:
 Compressor
 Condenser
 Thermal Expansion valve(Throttle Valve)
 Evaporator
 Circulating refrigerant enters the compressor as a
vapour, where it is compressed to a higher pressure
and temperature.
 This hot compressed vapour passing through the
condenser, where the latent heat of refrigerant is
removed by circulating either atmospheric air or water,
and liquid refrigerant leaving the condenser.
 This Liquid refrigerant enter into throttle valve(or
expansion valve).
 The pressure of the refrigerant is reduced as it passes
through the throttle valve.
 The pressure reduction results in flash(partial)
evaporation of a part of the liquid refrigerant.
 Flash evaporation lowers the temperature of the liquid
and vapour refrigerant mixture (To where it is colder
than the temperature of the enclosed space to be
refrigerated.)
 The cold mixture is then passing through the
evaporator.
 During passing through the evaporator, liquid
refrigerant absorb the heat from the refrigerated space,
and coverts into vapour.
 Again this vapour is passing through the compressor,
where it is compressed, and the cycle is repeated.
 (The cold mixture is passing through the coil or tubes
in the evaporator. A fan circulates the warm air in the
enclosed space across the coil or tubes carrying the
cold refrigerant liquid and vapor mixture. That warm
air evaporates the liquid part of the cold refrigerant
mixture. At the same time, the circulating air is cooled
and thus lowers the temperature of the enclosed space
to the desired temperature.)