A quasi-steady state simulation was conducted on the cooling process of a freeze-dryer with an auto-cascade refrigerating system using a rectification column. It is found that
unlike the system with a pure refrigerant
a peak value of the volumetric refrigerating capacity occurs as the cycle pressure level varies at a specified mixture composition and a pressure ratio. Optimization of the cycle refrigerating capacity was also performed at the different mixture compositions and the influence of the mixture composition on the cycle refrigerating capacity at different temperature levels in the cooling process was analyzed. The two new concepts
total unit cooling time and unit cooling time
were applied for the detailed analysis on a special case in which the heat capacity of a freeze-drying sample was much smaller than that of the shelf evaporator. An experimental freeze-dryer with an auto-cascade refrigerating system using a rectification column was designed and it operated steadily from -60 ℃ to -80 ℃. The simulation results are in consistency with the experimental data.
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