Engr. William R.

Salazar, PME
INSTRUCTOR
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q A multipressure system is a
refrigeration system that has two or
more low-side pressures.
§ Low-side pressure - is the pressure of
the refrigerant between the expansion
valve and the intake of the
compressor.
§ Single pressure system- is a
refrigeration system that has one low
side pressure.
qPOWER SAVING METHOD IN
MULTIPRESSURE SYSTEM
1. Removal of flash gas- a saving in the
power requirement of a refrigeration
system results if the flash gas that
develops in the throttling process
between the condenser and evaporator is
removed and recompressed before
complete expansion before complete
complete expansion. The vapor is
separated in the flash tank.
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2. INTER COOLING - Intercooling
between two stages of compression
reduces the work of compression
per kilogram of vapor. Discharge
gas from the low stage compressor
bubbles through the liquid in the
intercooler. Refrigerant leaves the
intercooler as saturated vapor.
§ Intercooling in a refrigeration
system can be accomplished with a
water cooled heat exchanger or by
using refrigerant.
§ The watercooled intercooler maybe
satisfactory for two-stage air
compression, but for refrigerant
compression the water is usually not
cold enough.
§ The alternate method uses liquid
refrigerant from the condenser to do
the intercooling.
qIntercooling with liquid refrigerant
will usually decrease the total power
requirements when ammonia is the
refrigerant but not when refrigerant 12
or 22 is used.
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vREMOVAL OF FLASH GAS P 5 3

AREA
REPRESENTING
6 TO HIGH SAVING IN WORK
COMPRESSOR STAGE
COMPRESSI 2
ON
FLASH 4 LOW STAGE
1 TANK COMPRESSION
INTERCOOLING
3

1
4
TO
EVAPORATOR VD
EXPANSION
VALVE

FLASH TANK FOR REMOVING FLASH INTERCOOLING IN TWO

GAS DURING EXPANSION PROCESS STAGE COMPRESSION
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q METHODS OF
P INTERCOOLING
WATER

6 5
3
5
2
4 2
4

HP LP

1 COMPRESSOR COMPRESSOR
h
1. INTERCOOLING WITH A WATER
Ph diagram of intercooling of COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER
a refrigerant
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2. INTERCOOLING WITH q OPTIMUM PRESSURE OF

LIQUID REFRIGERANT 5 INTERCOOLING IN
4 REFRIGERATION
pi  Ps Pd
HP

COMPRESSOR where:
pi = intercooler pressure, psia or
kPa
2 ps = suction pressure of low stage
compressor
LIQUID FROM
CONDENSER LP 1 pd = discharge pressure of high
INTERCOOLER stage compressor
COMPRESSOR

§ Optimum pressure or
intermediate pressure - To
obtain equal works done in
the cylinder of the multistage
compressor. It is a common
practice to adjust its
operation. The work done of
the low pressure stage is
equal to that of the big
pressure stage.
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q MULTIPRESSURE SYSTEM ANALYSIS
1. One evaporator and one compressor
a. The flash tank does not improve the
performance of the system
b. The only reason for the flash tank would be
to keep the flash gas in the machine room
rather than sending it to the evaporator.
c. The flash gas in the evaporator tubes and
long suction lines does no refrigeration but
does increase the pressure drop.
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2. TWO EVAPORATORS AND ONE

COMPRESSOR
§ Example: For low temperature
refrigeration for a process and which
must also provide airconditioning for
some officies.
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q TWO COMPRESSORS AND

ONE EVAPORATOR
§ Two stage compression with
intercooling and removal of flash
gas is often the ideal way to serve
one low temperature evaporator.
This system requires less power
than with a single compressor, and
often the saving in power will
justify the cost of the extra
equipment.
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q TWO COMPRESSORS AND

TWO EVAPORATORS
§ The system which has two
evaporators operating at different
temperatures is common in
industrial refrigeration.
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