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In this paper is explained how the efficiency of refrigeration cycles and in particular those with carbon dioxide (CO2, R744) as refrigerant can be augmented by use of an ejector. Special emphasis is put on the exposure of CO2 as a safe and environmental friendly working fluid – making it a promising candidate to replace today’s standard refrigerant in the automotive field tetrafluoroethane (R134a), which is about to be banned within the European Union for mobile applications.
The working principle of ejectors as well as their operational behaviour is described. Furthermore an approach to quantify ejector efficiency is presented. Different classes of refrigeration cycles with ejectors are introduced and an automotive application example from an ongoing research project is described in detail: It is shown how an ejector can be fruitfully put into place in charge air cooling.
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Fabian, A., Werner, T., Jürgen, K. (2017). Amelioration of Energy Efficiency for Refrigeration Cycles by Means of Ejectors. In: Junior, C., Jänsch, D., Dingel, O. (eds) Energy and Thermal Management, Air Conditioning, Waste Heat Recovery. ETA 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47196-9_13
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