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Ideal vapor-compression refrigeration cycle

Completely vaporises the refrigerant before it is compressed and expands the refrigerant with a throttling device, such as an expansion valve or capillary tube. The vapor-compression refrigeration cycle is the most widely used cycle for refrigerators, air-conditioning systems, and heat pumps. It consists of four processes:

1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor

2-3 Constant-pressure heat rejection in a condenser

3-4 Throttling in an expansion device

4-1 Constant-pressure heat absorption in an evaporator.

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