
Study direct and brine expansion systems as well as precautions for loading cargo in this free online course This detailed free online course on cargo refrigeration plant systems teaches you about the relationship between the refrigeration cycle and coefficient of performance, as well as the pressure-enthalpy chart. You will learn about the components of direct and indirect expansion systems, and be able to explain the precautions and preparations for handling cargo.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201765 |
| Course Category | Mechanical Engineering, Science & the Built Environment |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Explain the concept of refrigeration as the reversed Carnot cycle • Discuss the working principles of a vapour-compression refrigerant cycle • Describe the basic layout of a direct expansion system • State the difference of a cargo refrigeration system and a ship's store or domestic refrigeration plant onboard • Discuss the principle of direct and indirect expansion systems • Explain the principles of a cascade system of refrigeration using multiple compression • Describe various types of refrigerated cargoes and preparations and precautions required in handling such cargo • Evaluate the types of cooling arrangements required for reefer containers and a fully refrigerated ship |
| Course Code | 2986 |



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