A review of refrigerant maldistribution
In recent years, conservation of energy has become a challenging issue in air-conditioning applications. In order to overcome this issue, many researchers have recommended the use of a Parallel Flow Condenser and a low Global Warming Potential and Ozone Depletion Potential refrigerant, such as R32,...
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| description | In recent years, conservation of energy has become a challenging issue in air-conditioning applications. In order to overcome this issue, many researchers have recommended the use of a Parallel Flow Condenser and a low Global Warming Potential and Ozone Depletion Potential refrigerant, such as R32, in air conditioning systems. However, PFC faces the critical challenge of flow maldistribution in the tubes. This literature review mainly examines the refrigerant maldistribution problem which has been investigated by previous researchers. It was found that many of the researchers did not properly analyse the influence of flow maldistribution profiles on the performance degradation of heat exchangers. In order to have a comprehensive analysis of tube-side maldistribution in Parallel Flow microchannel heat exchangers, it is recommended that the influence of the higher statistical moments of the probability density function of the flow maldistribution profiles on performance degradation be quantified. Additionally, R32 maldistribution should be analysed and compared with R410A, which is the current commonly used refrigerant in air conditioning units. Moreover, in order to have a realistic simulation of the effect of refrigerant flow maldistribution profiles on performance degradation of heat exchangers, the effect of superheat and sub-cooling must be analysed. |
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| spelling | upm-435692016-07-19T09:33:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43569/ A review of refrigerant maldistribution Tang, Sai Hong Ching, Ming Hui Chin, W. M. In recent years, conservation of energy has become a challenging issue in air-conditioning applications. In order to overcome this issue, many researchers have recommended the use of a Parallel Flow Condenser and a low Global Warming Potential and Ozone Depletion Potential refrigerant, such as R32, in air conditioning systems. However, PFC faces the critical challenge of flow maldistribution in the tubes. This literature review mainly examines the refrigerant maldistribution problem which has been investigated by previous researchers. It was found that many of the researchers did not properly analyse the influence of flow maldistribution profiles on the performance degradation of heat exchangers. In order to have a comprehensive analysis of tube-side maldistribution in Parallel Flow microchannel heat exchangers, it is recommended that the influence of the higher statistical moments of the probability density function of the flow maldistribution profiles on performance degradation be quantified. Additionally, R32 maldistribution should be analysed and compared with R410A, which is the current commonly used refrigerant in air conditioning units. Moreover, in order to have a realistic simulation of the effect of refrigerant flow maldistribution profiles on performance degradation of heat exchangers, the effect of superheat and sub-cooling must be analysed. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43569/1/A%20review%20of%20refrigerant%20maldistribution.pdf Tang, Sai Hong and Ching, Ming Hui and Chin, W. M. (2014) A review of refrigerant maldistribution. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, 10. pp. 1935-1944. ISSN 2229-8649; ESSN: 2180-1606 http://ijame.ump.edu.my/images/Volume_10/11%20Tang%20et%20al.pdf 10.15282/ijame.10.2014. 11 .0162 |
| spellingShingle | Tang, Sai Hong Ching, Ming Hui Chin, W. M. A review of refrigerant maldistribution |
| title | A review of refrigerant maldistribution |
| title_full | A review of refrigerant maldistribution |
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| title_short | A review of refrigerant maldistribution |
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