Experimental and theoretical analysis of a heat pipe heat exchanger operating with a low global warming potential refrigerant.
Author(s) : LONGO G. A., RIGHETTI G., ZILIO C., et al.
Type of article: Article
Summary
In the present paper the experimental and theoretical analysis of a Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger (HPEH) is reported. The HPHE consists of 54 horizontal 12.7 mm micro-fin copper tubes 700 mm in length and aluminium continuous fins 0.115 mm in thickness with 3 mm of fin spacing. The HPHE presents an evaporator section of 270 mm, a condenser section of 270 mm and adiabatic section of 160 mm. The performance of the heat exchanger operating with the well-known hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant HFC134a is compared with the results obtained using the new low global warming potential hydrofluoro-olefin HFO1234ze(E). Tests were run in a double wind channel with air operating conditions typical for air-conditioning in European countries for both summer and winter seasons. The consistency of the experimental results is proved by the comparison with a semi-empirical model of the heat exchanger based on heat transfer correlations available in literature.
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- Original title: Experimental and theoretical analysis of a heat pipe heat exchanger operating with a low global warming potential refrigerant.
- Record ID : 30011046
- Languages: English
- Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 65 - n. 1-2
- Publication date: 2014/04
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.01.023
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Evaporators, condensers and other heat exchangers;
HFCs - Keywords: R134a; Heat pipe; Comparison; R1234ze; Performance; GWP; Heat exchanger
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