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Experimental study on the CO2 flow characteristics through electronic expansion valves in heat pump.

Author(s) : LIU C., HOU Y., MA J., et al.

Type of article: Article, IJR article

Summary

In this study, the influence of key parameters on the EEV mass flow rate was investigated experimentally, including the inlet temperature, inlet pressure and EEV opening. The parametric tests show that a relatively linear variation of CO2 flow could be maintained with the decrease of inlet temperature at higher pressure and the increase of inlet pressure at lower temperature. However, due to the large density changes above the critical point, significant changes in the CO2 flow characteristics were observed with the variations of inlet temperature at lower inlet pressure and the variations of inlet pressure at higher inlet temperature. The important role of CO2 density can be further confirmed by an empirical correlation which incorporates the effects of density, pressure difference and EEV opening, and the maximum deviation of mass flow predictions is below 15.3%.

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  • Original title: Experimental study on the CO2 flow characteristics through electronic expansion valves in heat pump.
  • Record ID : 30018476
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 69
  • Publication date: 2016/09

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