gas is then cooled to state 3, where the gas temperature approaches the temperature

of the
warm region, TH. Next, the gas is expanded to state 4, where the temperature, T4,
is well below that of the cold region. Refrigeration is achieved through heat
transfer from the cold region to the gas as it passes from state 4 to state 1,
completing the cycle. The T�s diagram in
Fig. 10.13b shows an ideal Brayton refrigeration cycle, denoted by 1�2s�3�4s�1, in
which
CYCLE ANALYSIS. The method of analysis of the Brayton refrigeration cycle is
similar to
that of the Brayton power cycle. Thus, at steady state the work of the compressor
and the
turbine per unit of mass flow are, respectively
In obtaining these expressions, heat transfer with the surroundings and changes in
kinetic and
The Brayton refrigeration cycle is the reverse of the closed Brayton power cycle
introduced
where the temperature is
somewhat below the temperature of the cold region, TC, and is compressed to state
2. The
all processes are assumed to be internally reversible and the processes in the
turbine and
compressor are adiabatic. Also shown is the cycle 1�2�3�4�1, which suggests the
effects of
irreversibilities during adiabatic compression and expansion. Frictional pressure
drops have
been ignored.
in Sec. 9.6. A schematic of the reversed Brayton cycle is provided in Fig. 10.13a.
The refrigerant gas, which may be air, enters the compressor at state 1,