Summary
The temperature rapid rise phenomenon often happens in the side-by-side frost-free refrigerators during the damper-off cycle, which leads to a decrease in damper-off duration and an increase in energy consumption. A three-dimensional transient model of natural convection during the damper-off cycle is established and experimentally validated to analyze the refrigerating compartment (RC) temperature rapid rise phenomenon. The results show that the violent natural convection airflow driven by the non-uniform temperature distribution will lead to the significant variation of RC temperature. The hot air rises from bottom into top layer along the three passages, which include the front gap (FG) between shelves and door boxes, the side gap (SG) between the right-side wall and door boxes and the rear gap (RG) between shelves and the rear wall. The air enthalpy along FG into the first layer is the dominant factor of the temperature rapid rise, accounting for almost 64.4% of the total inflow air enthalpy. The net air enthalpy flow along FG is larger than other passages in the first 15 s and decreases rapidly as the temperature distribution becomes uniform.
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- Original title: Analysis of temperature rapid rise phenomenon during damper-off cycle in side-by-side frost-free refrigerator.
- Record ID : 30029274
- Languages: English
- Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 133
- Publication date: 2022/01
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2021.10.014
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Domestic applications (refrigerators, freezers);
Defrosting systems - Keywords: Temperature; Refrigerator; Defrosting; Damper; CFD; Modelling; Convection
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