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Transcritical CO2 system with two-stage throttling for supermarkets: Field tests, energy and emission performance assessment in China.

Author(s) : LIU S., LI J., DAI B., WANG J., ZHANG Q.

Type of article: IJR article

Summary

Transcritical CO2 system is eco-friendly for the application of refrigeration and cooling in supermarket. To evaluate the applicability of transcritical CO2 supermarket refrigeration system in China with different climate regions, this study focuses on the field tests of a transcritical CO2 two-stage throttling system in a supermarket in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Furthermore, based on the tested data, the system energy and emissions performance models of four system configurations are also developed and validated, including the system integrated with an internal heat exchanger, a parallel compression, and mechanically assisted subcooling. In order to improve the usability of the system in different climatic zones, 40 cities were selected for calculation in China. Five representative cities (Beijing, Harbin, Xiamen, Chongqing, and Kunming) located in different climate regions of China are selected, and the annual performance factor and life cycle climate performance (LCCP) are determined to evaluate the application potential of the CO2 refrigeration systems in different climate conditions. The tested results show the operation mode of transcritical and subcritical changes occurs at an ambient temperature of about 27 °C, at which the coefficient of performance (COP), compressor discharge pressure and discharge temperature change dramatically. The simulation results demonstrate that the mechanical subcooling system shows the best performance. The annual performance factor can be improved by 18.69 % when the mechanical subcooling is adopted. For the case of the system used in Xiamen by using mechanical subcooling, the carbon emissions can be reduced by 19.3 %.

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  • Original title: Transcritical CO2 system with two-stage throttling for supermarkets: Field tests, energy and emission performance assessment in China.
  • Record ID : 30032601
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Technology
  • Source: International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 166
  • Publication date: 2024/10
  • DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2024.06.015

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