Abstract
In this study, effect of the design parameters of a transkritical refrigeration cycle using carbon dioxide refrigerant (R744) with internal heat exchanger on energy and exergy efficiencies were investigated. Quality of the refrigerant at the exit of the expansion valve and amount of superheating supplied by the internal heat exchanger were considered as design parameters. For this aim, in order to determine the energy transfer, the exergy destruction, entropy generation and exergy efficiency within the all components, the calculations were carried out at evaporation temperature of 0 oC and condensation pressure of 10 MPa. In addition to this, performance coefficient and the exergy efficiency of the whole system were calculated. The most suitable refrigerant qualities at superheating values of 5 oC and 30 oC were determined as between 0,42–0,47 and 0,31–0,36, respectively.