University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Optimized Design of Refrigerant Condensers

Kirshbaum, D.J.; Chato, J.C.

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TR100.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/11311

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Title
Optimized Design of Refrigerant Condensers
Author(s)
  • Kirshbaum, D.J.
  • Chato, J.C.
Issue Date
1996-06
Keyword(s)
  • geometric variables
  • R-22 alternatives
  • refrigerant-side evaporation condensation studies
Date of Ingest
2009-04-22T01:34:03Z
Abstract
A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program developed previously at ACRC to optimize condenser size with respect to surface area has been modified. A new method of modeling pipe bends has been developed incorporating a new pressure drop correlation. Estimation of total liquid and vapor masses has been added. The results using this new, more accurate method of modeling pipe bends proved to vary almost negligibly from those obtained from the previous, simpler method, confmning the usefulness of the older version of this program with the addition of the new pressure drop correlation and the estimation of the refrigerant inventory. The optimization method is also applicable to evaporator design with appropriate modifications.
Publisher
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Series/Report Name or Number
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center TR-100
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/11311
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Project 37

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