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← TechnologyWhich risk increases when cavitation stalls an evaporator feed pump in a large-scale ammonia refrigeration system?
A)Compressor bearing overheating accelerates✓
B)Heat exchanger effectiveness decreases
C)Expansion valve pulsation decreases
D)Metering valve stiction increases
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Compressor bearing overheating becomes more severe because refrigerant vaporization ceases locally with loss of pump flow via vapor lock, and latent heat transport becomes almost nonexistent; therefore bearings are damaged rather than being cooled, because the lubrication breaks down first near pump outlet when latent heat decreases.
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