Study on the Coupling Effect of Heat Transfer and Refrigerant Distribution in the Flat Tube of a Microchannel Evaporator

被引:2
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作者
Hu, Wenju [1 ]
Zhang, Xin [1 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Univ Civil Engn & Architecture, Beijing Key Lab HVAC, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
关键词
microchannel evaporator; refrigerant distribution; heat transfer performance; 2-PHASE FLOW DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; VERTICAL HEADER; EXCHANGER; MINICHANNEL; MALDISTRIBUTION; VISUALIZATION; SIMULATION; MODEL; R134A;
D O I
10.3390/en15145252
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Refrigerant maldistribution severely deteriorates the heat transfer performance of a microchannel evaporator. Compared with the refrigerant distribution among flat tubes along the header, refrigerant distribution among microchannels in the flat tube in the airflow direction has barely been paid attention. In this paper, a heat transfer mathematical model of a microchannel evaporator's flat tube composed of vertically placed parallel microchannels in the airflow direction was developed. The Refrigerant distribution among the microchannels was evaluated and its influence on heat transfer between air and refrigerant was analyzed. The results showed that the refrigerant distribution and heat transfer performance between air and refrigerant were interrelated and interacted with each other. The temperature of the air leaving the microchannel evaporator changed along the microchannel because of uneven refrigerant distribution among the microchannels, and the air temperature difference between air leaving out of the bottom and the top of the evaporator was approximately 2.13 degrees C. Ignoring the heat transfer from adjacent microchannels will lead to a small heat transfer deviation for the flat tube; thus, heat transfer among microchannels can be neglected.
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