冷却水压差对离心式冷水机的影响分析

通过对离心式冷水机组冷凝器构造的分析,按管壳式热交换器Kern方程,由管程压降计算出冷却水流速,而后得出冷凝器的传热系数,进而算出冷凝器的热负荷和冷水机组的制冷量;建立冷却水压差和离心式冷水机组制冷量的关系,对冷水机组的设计和运行提供了一些参考。     

An elemental NTU- model for vapour-compression liquid chillers

This paper presents a steady-state model for predicting the performance of vapour-compression liquid chillers over a wide range of operating conditions. The model overcomes the idealisations of previous models with regard to modelling the heat exchangers. In particular, it employs an elemental NTU- methodology to model both the shell-and-tube condenser and evaporator. The approach allows the change in heat transfer coefficients throughout the heat exchangers to be accounted for, thereby improving both physical realism and the accuracy of the simulation model. The model requires only those inputs that are readily available to the user (e.g. condenser inlet water temperature and evaporator water outlet temperature). The outputs of the model include system performance variables such as the compressor electrical work input and the coefficient of performance (COP) as well as states of the refrigerant throughout the refrigeration cycle. The methodology employed within the model also allows the performance of chillers using refrigerant mixtures to be modelled. The model is validated with data from one single screw chiller and one twin-screw chiller where the agreement is found to be within ±10%.     

An NTU-ε model for alternative refrigerants: Un modèle NTU-ε pour les frigorigènes de remplacement

This paper presents a steady state simulation model to predict the performance of alternative refrigerants in vapour compression refrigeration/heat pump systems. The model is based on the NTU-ε method in analysing the heat exchangers following an elemental approach. The model extends its applicability to new refrigerants including hydrocarbons and uses a large database of REFPROP package for refrigerant properties. The main inputs to the model include the physical details of the heat exchangers, compressor efficiency, mass flow rates of heat transfer fluids and their inlet temperatures to the evaporator and the condenser, the pressure drops across the heat exchangers and the capacity of either the evaporator or condenser (in kW). The model results are validated with a wide range of experimental data of HCFC22 and propane (HC290) on a heat pump test facility for a number of parameters, e.g. coefficient of performance, condenser capacity, mass flow rate of the refrigerant and compressor discharge temperature. Although the model is currently tested for pure refrigerants using compact brazed plate (counter flow type) heat exchangers, it can also be applied to mixture of refrigerants as well as to other types of heat exchangers.     

Experimental investigation of a vapor absorption refrigeration system

An experimental investigation of the performance of a commercially available vapor absorption refrigeration (VAR) system is described. The natural gas-fired VAR system uses aqua-ammonia solution with ammonia as the refrigerant and water as the absorbent and has a rated cooling capacity of 10 kW. The unit was extensively modified to allow fluid pressures and temperatures to be measured at strategic points in the system. The mass flow rates of refrigerant, weak solution, and strong solution were also measured. The system as supplied incorporates air-cooled condenser and absorber units. Water-cooled absorber and condenser units were fitted to extend the VAR unit's range of operating conditions by varying the cooling water inlet temperature and/or flow rates to these units. The response of the refrigeration system to variations in chilled water inlet temperature, chilled water level in the evaporator drum, chilled water flow rate, and variable heat input are presented.     

A comprehensive study of the performance of a heat pipe by using of various nanofluids

In this paper, a two-dimensional numerical model is developed to simulate the performance of a heat pipe using various nanofluids. The effect of different nanofluids (prepared using alumina, copper oxide, and silver nanoparticles) at different concentrations and particle diameters on the performance of heat pipe is also studied by through finite volume method. The obtained results show that using a nanofluid instead of water leads to the increased thermal efficiency and reduction in heat at wall of the heat pipe. Also, the temperature difference between the evaporator and the condenser is a function of input power; this means that by an increase in the input capacity, the temperature difference between the evaporator and the condenser increases. It was observed that the use of nanofluid reduces the axial-flow pressure of the fluid inside the wick. As a result, the transmission of fluid flow inside the wick from the condenser to the evaporator is easily done with the cost of using a nanofluid. Moreover, with an increase in thermal capacity, fluid pressure drop becomes maximum and thus temperature difference between the evaporator and the condenser increases.     

数码涡旋变容制冷系统冷凝器动态特性分析

针对数码涡旋压缩机的容量调节方式,将冷凝器内部流量的响应规律转化为外部一个变化的流量输入信号,建立数码涡旋变容制冷系统的冷凝器仿真模型;分析了热负荷、出风温度、制冷剂进口压力在不同容量输出下的动态变化特性。结果表明,在容量调节作用下,热负荷、出风温度呈现出周期性波动趋势,但其总体是随容量输出比例的降低而减小;而制冷剂进口压力变化不显著。     

Study of a novel silica gel–water adsorption chiller. Part I. Design and performance prediction

A novel silica gel–water adsorption chiller is designed and its performance is predicted in this work. This adsorption chiller includes three vacuum chambers: two adsorption/desorption (or evaporation/condensation) vacuum chambers and one heat pipe working vacuum chamber as the evaporator. One adsorber, one condenser and one evaporator are housed in the same chamber to constitute an adsorption/desorption unit. The evaporators of two adsorption/desorption units are combined together by a heat-pipe heat exchanger to make continuous refrigerating capacity. In this chiller, a vacuum valve is installed between the two adsorption/desorption vacuum chambers to increase its performance especially when the chiller is driven by a low temperature heat source. The operating reliability of the chiller rises greatly because of using fewer valves. Furthermore, the performance of the chiller is predicted. The simulated results show that the refrigerating capacity is more than 10 kW under a typical working condition with hot water temperature of 85 °C, the cooling water temperature of 31 °C and the chilled water inlet temperature of 15 °C. The COP exceeds 0.5 even under a heat source temperature of 65 °C.     

Performance evaluation of a heat pump cycle using NARMs by a simulation with equations of heat transfer and pressure drop

Simulation analyses for a vapour compression heat pump cycle using nonazeotropic refrigerant mixtures (NARMs) of R22 and R114 are conducted under the condition that the heat pump thermal output and the flow rate and inlet temperatures of the heat sink and source water are given. The heat transfer coefficients of the condensation and evaporation are calculated with empirical correlations proposed by the authors. The validity of the evaluation method and the correlations is demonstrated by comparison with experimental data. The relations between the coefficient of performance (COP) and composition are shown under two conditions: (1) the constant heat transfer length of the condenser and evaporator; and (2) the constant temperature of refrigerant at the heat exchanger inlet. The COP of the NARMs is higher than that of pure refrigerant when the heat transfer lengths of the condenser and evaporator are sufficiently long.     

Experimental study on cooling performance of air conditioning system with dual independent evaporative condenser

Evaporative condenser is an energy efficient and environmentally friendly air conditioning equipment. This paper proposed an air conditioning system using dual independent evaporative condenser and investigated the cooling performance. Many factors, such as evaporator water inlet temperature, compressor frequency, air dry-bulb temperature, air velocity and water spray rate, which influenced the cooling performances of air conditioning system with evaporative condenser have been investigated. The results indicated that cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP) increased significantly with the increasing of evaporator water inlet temperature (12–25 °C), the air velocity (2.05–3.97 m s⁻¹) and the water spray rate (0.03–0.05 kg m⁻¹ s). However, COP decreased with the increasing ambient air dry-bulb temperature (31.2–35.1 °C) and the compressor frequency (50–90 Hz). Furthermore, the heat transfer coefficient (K₀) was 232–409 W m⁻² K⁻¹ in different air velocity and water spray rate.     

房间空调器变工况性能实验研究

利用焓差法空调器性能实验台对一台风冷空调器的变工况性能进行实验研究,得出了蒸发器迎面风速、冷凝器迎面风速对蒸发压力、冷凝压力、过冷度、过热度、制冷量和COP的变化曲线,以及蒸发器、冷凝器进口空气温度对制冷量和COP的影响规律。     

Transient simulation of vapour-compression packaged liquid chillers

This paper presents a transient simulation model that is useful for predicting the dynamic performance of vapour-compression liquid chillers over a wide range of operating conditions. The model employs a thermal capacitance approach for specific state variables to account for the dynamics of the chiller and ancillaries. The model accounts for the change in heat transfer coefficients throughout the heat exchangers thereby improving both physical realism and the accuracy of the simulation model. The model requires only a select few initial conditions (eg. the chilled water and condenser water temperatures). A simple compressor model based on empirical regression has been employed in the simulation. The outputs of the model include system performance variables such as the compressor electrical work input and the coefficient of performance (COP) as well as states of the refrigerant throughout the refrigeration cycle with respect to time. The model is validated with data from two in -situ screw chillers. Predictions are found to be within ±10%, although for one of the chillers a degree of empiricism was employed for the evaporator tube wall mass in order to give satisfactory results for the start-up process.     

Multi-bed regenerative adsorption chiller — improving the utilization of waste heat and reducing the chilled water outlet temperature fluctuation

A multi-bed regenerative adsorption chiller design is proposed. The concept aims to extract the most enthalpy from the low-grade waste heat before it is purged into the drain. It is also able to minimise the chilled water temperature fluctuation so that downstream temperature smoothing device may be downsized or even eliminated in applications where tighter temperature control may be required. The design also avoids a master-and-slave configuration so that materials invested are not under-utilised. Because of the nature of low-grade waste heat utilization, the performance of adsorption chillers is measured in terms of the recovery efficiency, η instead of the conventional COP. For the same waste heat source flowrate and inlet temperature, a four-bed chiller generates 70% more cooling capacity than a typical two-bed chiller. A six-bed chiller in turn generates 40% more than that of a four-bed chiller. Since the beds can be triggered into operation sequentially during start-up, the risk of ice formation in the evaporator during start-up is greatly reduced compared with that of a two-bed chiller.     

Boiling hysteresis at low temperature on enhanced tubes

The boiling hysteresis phenomenon is studied for a real scale enhanced evaporator tube (2 m long Turbo-B type) with R134a refrigerant used in the flooded evaporator of a centrifugal brine chiller for the ice-making facility. Unlike previous studies of the boiling heat transfer with uniform heat flux and uniform wall temperature, the wall temperature varies along the tube in the present experiment. To see if the similar hysteresis occurs as in the case of uniform wall temperature, a careful control of refrigerant temperature and heat flux is made. We have found hysteresis of the temperature overshoot (TOS) at the onset of nucleate boiling initially at the inlet section of the tube, before it gradually moved downstream section of the tube until the nucleate boiling occupied the whole section of the tube as the inlet temperature increased. The hysteresis became stronger at low refrigerant temperatures. The decreasing trend of heat flux after the contents of the whole tube boiled was different from the increasing trend. This paper provides a guideline how to design the evaporator in order to avoid the abnormal operation of the chillers.     

水冷式冷水机组冷凝温度控制法研究

论述了在集中空调冷却水变流量系统中冷凝温度控制法的特点;分析了冷却水变流量对离心式制冷机性能系数的影响;结合实例说明虽然冷却水变流量对于冷水机组制冷性能的负面影响不可忽略,但这一负面影响较对于水泵节能的正面影响要小,采用冷凝温度控制法对于空调系统综合节能是有益的.     

螺杆冷水机组稳态仿真

为预测螺杆冷水机组在不同结构参数下的变工况特性，提出了标准螺杆冷水机组，带经济器一级节流螺杆冷水机组和带经济器二级节流螺杆冷水机组稳态仿真模型和算法。其中，压缩机压缩过程描述为多变过程；压缩机补气过程描述为等容、绝热混合过程；电子膨胀阀膨胀描述为等焓过程；壳管式冷凝器以及满液式蒸发器用对数平均温差方法计算。模型计算结果表明，仿真模型定性合理。     

Basic study on heat rejection system using high heat flux micro channel evaporator

Thermal management system which can reject very high amount of heat by small thermal devices will be required for future space systems. Our purpose is to develop miniaturized heat rejection system that can reject more than 100 W/cm². In the evaporator, thin liquid film vaporization which can dissipate very high heat flux, was utilized. The liquid film is stabilized in micro-channels by capillary forces. The microchannels are fabricated by chemical etching on silicon and copper plate. Also miniaturized condenser which utilized droplet condensation was tested. Droplets were produced on a cooled plate covered by non-wetting coating. After we built a heat rejection system constructed by above mentioned evaporator and condenser, influence of heat flux, coolant flow rate, and inlet temperature on the temperature of the heater element were investigated. Water is used as working fluid. Heat flux of 100 W/cm² could be achieved for water inlet temperature in flow rate of 3.0 mL/min. The temperature of the heater element is kept constant at about 120°C.     

Assessment of R-438A as a retrofit refrigerant for R-22 in direct expansion water chiller

The present work aims to evaluate the performance characteristics of a vapor compression refrigeration system using R-438A as a retrofit refrigerant for R-22. In order to achieve this objective, a test facility is developed and experiments are performed over a wide range of chilled water inlet temperature (11:20 °C), condenser water inlet temperature (25:35 °C) and condenser water mass flow rate (363:543 kg h⁻¹). Results showed that as the chilled water inlet temperature changes from 11.5 to 20.5 °C, system COP increases from 1.78 to 2.07 at constant condenser water inlet temperature of 25.5 °C. Cooling capacity and COP of the system using R-438A are lower than R-22 by 11% and 12.5%, respectively. However, compressor discharge temperature using R-438A is slightly lower than R-22 which confirms that R-438A can be used as a retrofit refrigerant for R-22 to complete the remaining life time of the existing plants.     

小型太阳能气泡泵吸收式制冷机研究

本文确定了设计计算参数下小型太阳能气泡泵吸收式制冷机制冷循环中各状态点参数,进行了发生器、冷凝器、蒸发器、吸收器、溶液热交换器的热负荷计算和加热热水、冷水、冷却水、稀溶液等循环介质的流量计算.进行了发生器、冷凝器、蒸发器、吸收器、溶液热交换器等换热设备所需的传热面积计算.根据求得的传热面积确定了各换热设备的传热管数,计算了热水进出口配管、冷却水进口配管、冷媒水进口配管的内径尺寸,为开发小型吸收式制冷机提供了一定的理论和实践基础.     

Refrigeration below zero °C: Adsorption chillers using water with ethylene glycol as antifreeze

Adsorption chilling with water as working fluid is environmentally friendly, but limited to cooling temperatures above 0°C. To expand the operational range of water based adsorption to and below the freezing point of water, we propose to add ethylene glycol as anti-freezing agent to the evaporator. According to vapour liquid equilibrium data, ethylene glycol remains in the evaporator and thus should not be adsorbed. Therefore, only water is still serving as refrigerant. Experiments generating cooling power at 0°C demonstrate that the adsorption process works with ethylene glycol as anti-freezing agent. Furthermore, measured ethylene glycol concentrations in condenser and evaporator confirm that water serves as refrigerant. The experiments demonstrate the potential of adding anti-freezing agents to the evaporator to expand the application range of water based adsorption chillers.     

A state-space dynamic model for vapor compression refrigeration system based on moving-boundary formulation

A transient response model for vapor compression refrigeration system has been developed in the paper. The system model contains four sub-models representing condenser, evaporator, compressor and electronic expansion valve (EEV). The condenser and the evaporator are developed based on the moving-boundary formulation. Through linearization, these dynamic models are transformed into state-space representation which is expressed in the form of matrix. The compressor and EEV adopt steady models because their thermal inertia is much smaller compared with the heat exchangers (i.e., condenser and the evaporator). The system model has been validated by experiment in terms of step change of EEV opening degree and heat load as well as ramp increase of inlet temperature of coolant oil of condenser. The results show that the model simulations have a good agreement with the experimental data. The simulation errors compared with the experimental data are mostly less than 10%. Since the model proposed in this study is expressed in the form of state-space matrix, they are featured by strong portability and high computation efficiency. It allows us to investigate the thermal dynamic characteristics of a refrigeration system under any complicated conditions and develop excellent control schemes.