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Improvements in the modeling and simulation of refrigeration systems: aerospace tools applied to a domestic refrigerator.

Author(s) : PLOUG-SORENSEN L., FREDSTED J. P., WILLATZEN M.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The study explores how a general-purpose software tool for modelling thermo-fluid systems can be used to handle the physics of a domestic refrigerator. The analysis is based on one-dimensional fluid-dynamic equations for mass, momentum and energy, and a careful treatment of the heat-transfer mechanisms from fluid-to-wall and wall-to-ambient. A detailed description of the components in a domestic refrigerator (evaporator, condenser, compressor, capillary-tube with heat exchange, and suction line) is made within the framework of the software tool. Good agreement is found with experiments on an on/off compressor-controlled domestic refrigerator for the evaporator and condenser pressures as well as the cabinet temperature. In addition, simulated results for the mass flows and refrigerant distribution are discussed.

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  • Original title: Improvements in the modeling and simulation of refrigeration systems: aerospace tools applied to a domestic refrigerator.
  • Record ID : 1998-3451
  • Languages: English
  • Source: HVAC&R Research - vol. 3 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1997/10
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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