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Conception du tube d’évacuation avec obturateur mobile dans les réfrigérateurs domestiques.

Design of drain tube with movable shutter in household refrigerators.

Auteurs : KANG S., KIM D., LEE S., KANG D., YEOM E.

Type d'article : Article de la RIF

Résumé

The infiltration of warm and humid air from the outside into a freezer results in frost accumulation around the evaporator in household refrigerators. This can significantly reduce the cooling capacity of refrigerators. In this study, the pressure, temperature, and frost around a proposed drain tube were monitored through in-situ measurements until the first defrost process (about 54 h). The proposed drain tube has 220 times higher hydraulic resistance and shows 55 times lower inflow in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. Once the door of the freezer compartment is opened and closed, external warm air replaces the cold air in the freezer. Negative pressure is produced by the shrinkage of this external air under low-temperature conditions. The other role of the drain tube is to vent air between the outside and inside of the refrigerator under negative pressure. To release the negative pressure, the proposed drain tube has a movable shutter. In the CFD results, the secondary inlet increases the inflow by 3.2 times compared to the inflow in an I-type tube. To determine the design, the weight and inner diameter of the drain tube were changed. The performance of the proposed tube was validated by the lack of blockage of discharge until the first defrost process. The movable shutter did not allow the negative pressure to exceed -100 Pa by facilitating air venting after opening the door for 10 seconds and then closing it.

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Pages : 76-86

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Détails

  • Titre original : Design of drain tube with movable shutter in household refrigerators.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 30029057
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Sujet : Technologie
  • Source : International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 130
  • Date d'édition : 10/2021
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2021.06.001
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