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This review paper is a study on various methods of performance improvement in domestic refrigeration systems, based on the vapor compression refrigeration VCRS cycle. Here air-cooled, water-cooled, fog cooled, evaporatively cooled condensers and nano-fluid lubricant /coolant methods their working and efficiency are reviewed, compared, analyzed and presented. The paper inspects the work done by different researchers for the maximization of heat loss from condenser & compressor and bringing about necessary modifications to reduce the overall power consumption of domestic refrigerators by improving Coefficient of Performance (COP). Numerous works have been done on improving the heat dissipation capacity of condenser but using nano-fluid in lubricant base as refrigerant and in the compressor shell as coolant is a new technology. Nano-fluid increase heat transfer due the high conductivity nano particles. It has been observed that water cooled condensers and compressors with nano-lubricants/coolants give the best performance improvements but they suit better for big or large refrigeration systems like centralized air conditioning systems or cold storage warehousing, whereas air cooled and evaporative condensers are optimal for small scale or low power appliances like domestic refrigerators, water coolers or split air conditioners to reduce overall power consumption by increasing the COP. Keywords: Refrigeration system, COP improvement, Condenser, Water mist, Evaporative cooling, Nano-fluid coolant, VCRS cycle.

In this chapter, the aim is to provide the design of an automatic vacuum cleaner that will help to make household work convenient and much easier. This vacuum cleaner operates in both autonomous and manual mode, along with additional features such as time scheduling and dirt container with auto-dirt disposal mechanism. They are seen as more convenient to use because they can suck dust on their own. This work can be very useful in improving lifestyle of modern humans. The purpose of this project is to design automatic vacuum cleaners using digital image processing with the help of OpenCv technique. Vacuum cleaner robot is designed to make cleaning process much easier rather than by using manual vacuum.