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Performance Characteristics of Refrigerant R170(Ethane) Refrigeration System Using Liquid-gas Heat Exchanger

액-가스 열교환기를 이용한 R170(에탄)용 냉동시스템의 성능 특성

  • Ku, Hak-Keun (Department of Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineering, TongMyong University)
  • 구학근 (동명대학교 냉동공조공학과)
  • Received : 2016.08.04
  • Accepted : 2016.09.19
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

This paper considers the influence of internal heat exchangers to the efficiency of a refrigerating system using R170. These liquid-gas heat exchangers(internal or suction-line heat exchangers) can, in some cases, yield improved system performance while in other cases they degrade system performance. A steady state mathematical model is used to analysis the performance characteristics of refrigeration system with internal heat exchanger. The influence of operating conditions, such as the mass flowrate of R170, inner diameter tube and length of internal heat exchanger, to optimal dimensions of the heat exchanger is also analyzed in the paper. The main results were summarized as follows : the mass flowrate of R170, inner diameter tube and length of internal heat exchanger, and effectiveness have an effect on the cooling capacity, compressor work and RCI(Relative Capacity Index) of this system. Exception for the effect of inner diameter, the RCI of R170 with respect to refrigerant mass flowrate, the length and effectiveness of internal heat exchanger is about 2.1~3.3% higher than that of R13 at the same experimental conditions. With a thorough grasp of these effect, it is necessary to design the R170 compression refrigeration cycle using internal heat exchanger.

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