A study of transcritical carbon dioxide flow through diabatic capillary tubes |
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Authors: | Diogo L. da SilvaAdriano F. Ronzoni,Clá udio MeloChristian J.L. Hermes |
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Affiliation: | a POLO Research Laboratories for Emerging Technologies in Cooling and Thermophysics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-970 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil b Center for Applied Thermodynamics and Thermophysics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Paraná, P.O. Box 19011, 81531-990 Curitiba, PR, Brazil |
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Abstract: | An experimental and theoretical study of the diabatic flow of carbon dioxide through lateral capillary tube suction line heat exchangers is outlined. The influence of both operating conditions (capillary tube inlet and outlet pressures, capillary tube inlet temperature and suction line inlet temperature) and tube geometry (heat exchanger length and position, suction line diameter and capillary tube length) on the heat and mass flow rates was experimentally evaluated using a purpose-built testing facility. In total, 75 tests were carried out with heat fluxes spanning from 1 to 11 kW m−2 and refrigerant mass flow rates ranging from 12 to 26 kg h−1. In addition, the mathematical model of Hermes et al. (2008) was adapted to run with carbon dioxide as working fluid. The model was validated against experimental data, and a good agreement between the experimental and calculated mass flow rates was achieved with 85% and 98% of the data points being within ±5% and ±10% error bounds, respectively. |
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Keywords: | Carbon dioxide Expansion Capillary tube Heat exchanger |
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