Experimental study of a novel double temperature chiller based on R32/R236fa

Jian Liu, Xiaohui She, Xiaosong Zhang, Liang Man, Wei Zhou

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Abstract

A novel double-temperature chiller with zeotropic mixture R32/R236fa is proposed in this paper, and chilled water with two different temperatures is produced, such as low temperature water (TL,out = 7 °C) and high temperature water (TH,out = 16 °C). An experimental setup is established to test the performance of the chiller. Effects of mass fraction of R32 in mixture R32/R236fa (M (R32)), TL,out, TH,out and the heat transfer media flow rate on the performance of the chiller are studied. When TH,out is 18 °C, TL,out is 8 °C and M (R32) is 0.6, COP and refrigerating capacity are 4.11 and 4.42 kW, respectively. COP and refrigerating capacity increase as M (R32) increases. Exhausting pressure of the chiller increases with the increase of M (R32). As M (R32) is 0.6, exhausting pressure is about 1.95 MPa. Compression ratio decreases with the increase of M (R32). When M (R32) increases from 0.3 to 0.6, the compression ratio decreases from 3.0 to 2.9.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)618-626
JournalEnergy Conversation and Management
Volume124
Early online date20 Jul 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2016

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