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Review of variable geometry air-to-refrigerant heat exchangers.
Geometry miniaturization in fin-and-tube heat exchangers for refrigerant charge reduction.
Evaporator flooding upon compressor start-up as a function of heat exchanger geometry and refrigerant.
Design optimization of variable geometry microchannel heat exchangers.
Heat transfer analysis of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with flat and louvered fin geometries.
Operation and Multi-Objective Design Optimization of a Plate Heat Exchanger with Zigzag Flow Channel Geometry.
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Design optimization of a novel heat exchanger concept with varying channel geometries.
Distribution function for reversible microchannel heat exchanger with vertical headers - Considering the effects of inlet conditions, geometries and fluid properties.
Effects of air-side flow maldistribution on the heat transfer performance of polymeric air-coupled heat exchangers.
Design optimization of microchannel heat exchangers with variable geometry for natural refrigerants.
Numerical simulation of ice slurry flow in improved plate heat exchanger geometries with consideration of different phase interaction parameters.
Investigation on performance and refrigerant distribution of plate evaporator under lower heat flux conditions.
Effect of different fin geometries on the thermal and hydraulic performance of PCM-compact heat exchanger.
Determination of the geometric design parameters of pillow-plate heat exchangers.
A study on computational cost reduction of simulations of phase-change material (PCM) embedded heat exchangers.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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THRIVE project explores new developments for adsorbtion heat pumps
Launched in 2014, the four-year project THRIVE was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to investigate adsorption heat pumps and to develop a system powered by waste heat.
Frost mitigation methods for heat pumps and refrigeration systems
Frost growth is an important issue since defrosting can represent up to 30% of the total energy consumption of refrigerated display cabinets. Review of the various frost mitigation technologies and latest...
The benefits of 3D printing in refrigeration and air conditioning
The various applications of 3D printing in the field of refrigeration and air conditioning highlight possible tremendous advantages in terms of energy efficiency and cost minimisation.
Reducing the economic costs of a direct-use geothermal heating system
Italian researchers have modelled a polymer heat exchanger to reduce the cost of a direct-use geothermal heating system for a single building in the active volcano district of the...
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New in our Encyclopedia: additive manufacturing for refrigeration equipment
Additive manufacturing makes it possible to optimise the geometry and performance of cooling components such as heat exchangers and regenerators for caloric...
Encyclopedia of Refrigeration
Hydrocarbon refrigerants
Hydrocarbons such as R290 (propane), R600a (isobutane) or R1270 (propene/propylene) are low GWP non-toxic natural refrigerants with excellent thermodynamic properties. They offer an...
Additive manufacturing of heat exchangers
In the refrigeration industry, additive manufacturing (colloquially referred to as “3D printing”) makes it possible to fabricate novel, complex and potentially more energy efficient...
Additive manufacturing of regenerators for caloric cooling
In many areas of engineering, additive manufacturing allows the production of complex and multifunctional products that could not be manufactured using traditional methods. In the...
Cryogenic nitrogen in the food and beverage industry
The adoption of cryogenic processes in the food and beverage industry is predominantly driven by liquid nitrogen (LIN), and it is the preferred candidate for food chilling and...
