Experimental study of the fundamental properties of reciprocating chillers and their relation to thermodynamic modeling and chiller design

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2195-2204

  Chua, H T ^a   Ng, K C ^a   Gordon, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COOLANTS; EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENDOREVERSIBLE CHILLER MODELS; FLUID FRICTION; INTERNAL DISSIPATION; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; RECIPROCATING CHILLERS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030176508     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00335-5     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. J. M. Gordon and K. C. Ng, Thermodynamic modeling of reciprocating chillers, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 2769-2774 (1994).
2. J. M. Gordon and K. C. Ng, A general thermodynamic model for absorption chillers: theory and experiment, Heat Recovery Syst. Combined Heat Power 15, 73-83 (1995).
3. J. M. Gordon and K. C. Ng, Predictive and diagnostic aspects of a universal thermodynamic model for chillers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 38, 807-818 (1995).
4. H. Liang and T. H. Kuehn, Irreversibility analysis of a water-to-water mechanical-compression heat pump, Energy Int. J. 16, 883-896 (1991).
5. A. Bejan, Power and refrigeration plants for minimum heat exchanger inventory, ASME J. Energy Resour. Technol. 115, 148-150 (1993).
6. A. Bejan, Entropy Generation through Heat and Fluid Flow. Wiley, New York (1982).
7. A. Bejan, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics. Wiley, New York (1988).
8. J. Chen and Z. Yan, Optimal performance of an endo-reversible-combined refrigeration cycle, J. Appl. Phys. 63, 4795-4798 (1988).
9. Z. Yan and J. Chen, An optimal endoreversible three-heat-source refrigerator, J. Appl. Phys. 65, 1-4 (1989).
10. J. Chen and Z. Yan, Equivalent combined systems of three-heat-source heat pumps, J. Chem. Phys. 90, 4951-4955 (1989).
11. J. Chen and Z. Yan, Unified description of endo-reversible cycles, Phys. Rev. A 39, 4140-4147 (1989).
12. D. C. Agrawal and V. J. Menon, Performance of a Carnot refrigerator at maximum cooling power, J. Phys. A 23, 5319-5326 (1990).
13. Z. Yan and J. Chen, A class of irreversible Carnot refrigeration cycles with a general heat transfer law, J. Phys. D 23, 136-141 (1990).
14. C. Wu, Cooling capacity optimization of a geothermal absorption refrigeration cycle, Int. J. Ambient Energy 13, 133-138 (1992).
15. C. Wu, Specific heating load of an endoreversible Carnot heat pump, Int. J. Ambient Energy 14, 25-28 (1993).
16. C. Wu, Performance of a solar-engine-driven-air-conditioning system, Int. J. Ambient Energy 14, 77-82 (1993).
17. A. Bejan, Theory of heat transfer - irreversible refrigeration plants, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 32, 1631-1639 (1989).
18. R. K. Pathria, J. D. Nulton and P. Salamon, Carnot-like processes in finite time - II. Applications to model cycles, Am. J. Phys. 61, 916-924 (1993).
19. D. C. Agrawal and V. J. Menon, Finite-time Carnot refrigeration with wall gain and product loads, J Appl. Phys. 74, 2153-2158 (1993).
20. I. Cerepnalkovski, Modern Refrigeration Machines. Elsevier, Amsterdam (1991).
21. W. M. Kays and A. L. London, Compact Heat Exchangers (2nd Edn). McGraw-Hill, New York (1964).
22. T. Y. Bong, K. C. Ng and K. O. Lau, Test facility for water-cooled water chiller, ASHRAE Trans. 96(1), 205-212 (1990).
23. H. T. Chua, Performance analysis of vapour compression chillers, M.Eng. Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (1995).
24. K. C. Ng, H. T. Chua, T. Y. Bong, S. S. Lee and T. K. Lee, Experimental and theoretical analysis of watercooled chiller, IES J. Singapore (Chem. Engng) 34(2), 45-54 (1994).
25. T. K. Lee, Performance analysis of reciprocating chillers, B.Eng. Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (1994).
26. Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) Standard 590, Standard for reciprocating water-chilling packages, AIR, Arlington, VA (1986).
27. Fixed heat exchanger inventory can be represented by a number of variables that are not rigorously equivalent, e.g. total thermal conductance, total heat exchange area, cycle-average total (mCE), and instantaneous total (mCE), among others. The qualitative trends in our predictions are the same for each of these choices, although the quantitative results can vary. Which variable will be selected can be manufacturer and device-specific.
28. S. A. Klein, Design considerations for refrigeration cycles, Int. J. Refrigeration 15, 181-185 (1992).
29. Toyo Carrier Engineering Co. Ltd., 38PE 4OHQ, SQ, TQ split system cooling units, 50 Hz, cooling 18.6-130.2 KW, Publication ECR9105-1(S), Tokyo, Japan (1989).