Visualization of refrigerant flow at the capillary tube inlet of a high-efficiency household refrigerator |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Advanced Energy and Technology, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Campus, Korea University of Science and Technology, Cheonan 31056, Republic of Korea;2. Thermal&Fluid System Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Cheonan 31056, Republic of Korea;1. MEF University, Mechanical Engineering Department, 34396 Istanbul, Turkey;2. EDA Enerji Dinamik Akustik Ltd., ITU Teknokent, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey;3. Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engineering Department, 34437 Istanbul, Turkey;1. Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Shunde Polytechnic, Guangdong 528333, China |
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| Abstract: | The subcooled condition at the condenser outlet ensures complete condensation, which is necessary in vapor compression systems to increase the cooling capacity and ensure the liquid conditions at the expansion device inlet. However, in household refrigerators, recent works indicate the presence of two-phase flow at the capillary tube inlet. These systems behave quite differently from other refrigeration systems due to the extremely low capacity. In the present work, a test bench was built to visualize the refrigerant flow at the condenser outlet and at the capillary tube inlet of a commercial household refrigerator. A transparent tube replaced the end of the condenser and three transparent filters were installed with different orientations. Different positions of the capillary tube within the filters were also tested. Despite measuring a certain subcooling, all the reported visualizations showed that the capillary tube was steadily drawing in two-phase flow. |
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