A refrigeration system allows the refrigerant to circulate through a closed circulation
channel. A dry evaporator is incorporated in the circulation channel. The dry evaporator
is designed to keep a quality smaller than 1.0 in evaporating the refrigerant.
The quantity of heat transfer per unit area, namely, a heat transfer coefficient
depends on the quality. The heat transfer coefficient remarkably drops when the
quality of the refrigerant exceeds a predetermined threshold level before the quality
actually reaches 1.0. The quality of the refrigerant kept below the predetermined
threshold level during vaporization of the refrigetant in the dry evaporator allows
a reliable establishment of a higher performance of cooling. On the other hand,
if a refrigerant completely evaporates in a dry evaporator in a conventional manner,
the heat transfer coefficient of the refrigerant remarkably drops after the quality
of the refrigerant exceeds the predetermined threshold level. Accordingly, the
conventional dry evaporator is forced to absorb heat at a lower heat transfer coefficient,
as compared with the present dry evaporator.