USING WATER VAPOR AS REFRIGERANT IN MULTISTAGE VARIABLE SPEED TURBO COMPRESSOR TO IMPROVE SEASONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO OF AIR CONDITIONING
| Autor: | Norbert Müller, Demiss A. Amibe, Qubo Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Meteorology Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Coefficient of performance Seasonal energy efficiency ratio Cooling capacity Automotive engineering Refrigerant Axial compressor Control and Systems Engineering Air conditioning Environmental science business Gas compressor Evaporator |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration. 19:131-140 |
| ISSN: | 2010-1333 2010-1325 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/s2010132511000491 |
| Popis: | An air conditioning system using water as refrigerant (R718) that compresses water vapor with multistage stage variable speed axial compressor with intercooling between stages by water injection is considered. Four stage compression with flash intercooling resulted in 50% improvement of coefficient of performance (COP) at full load compared to conventional refrigerants like R134a. The energy efficiency of an air conditioning unit is specified by seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER). SEER is defined as the ratio of cooling output of an air conditioner measured and electrical energy consumption as per AHRI 210/240 during cooling season. The SEER is computed after determining the evaporator cooling capacity and the electrical energy demand of the compressor at each bin temperature using assumed compressor isentropic efficiency, mechanical efficiency and electrical efficiency and multiplying by the weight of each bin temperature to determine the total for the cooling season. As a result of multistage compression, best part load performance of water as a refrigerant and operation of compressor near design point at part load due to variable speed drive, 50%–60% improvement in SEER is obtained compared to the best available in the market using conventional refrigerants such as R134a with single stage compression. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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