Loop heat pipe evaporators operating under steady state conditions were numerically investigated to describe evaporator characteristics and evaluate evaporator performance. Numerical solutions were obtained for conjugate flow and heat transfer in primary evaporator components. Two geometrical configurations used for cylindrical LHP evaporators, a non-bayonet evaporator and a bayonet evaporator,...

h = heat transfer coefficient q = heat flux from the wall of evaporator to refrigerant Tw =Temperature at the wall of evaporator Tf = Temperature of the refrigerant kal = Conductivity of aluminum t = Thickness of evaporator M& = Mass flow rate of refrigerant Cp = Constant-pressure specific heat of refrigerant Tsat = Saturation temperature of refrigerant Tin = Temperature of refrigerant at inlet...

Capacity and efficiency of any refrigerating system diminish rapidly as the difference between the evaporating and condensing temperature is increased by a reduction in the evaporator temperature. The single stage vapour compression refrigeration system using various refrigerants are limited to an evaporator temperature of -40 0C. Below temperature of -40 0C the either cascade refrigeration sys...

In this paper, mini-channel type evaporator which is new in mobile air conditioning (MAC) or automotive air conditioning (AAC) systems is thermally modeled. The performance of mini-channel evaporator is also compared with the laminated evaporator which is being currently used in automotive industries. The mini-channel evaporator was constructed of two rows of parallel flow mini-channel tubes...

Three evaporators are used to reduce the volume of waste in the waste tank farm at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Evaporators are crucial operation in the SRS waste processing and management system. Using the Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) software package marketed by Aspen Technology, Inc., the evaporator dynamic flowsheet models have been constructed to simulate the behavior of the evaporator sy...

Experimental investigation on the performance of dual-evaporator refrigeration system with an ejector has been carried out In this study, HFC-134a is chosen as a working fluid. Test setup is composed of compressor, condenser, expansion valves, two evaporators, and ejector which is installed between two evaporators. The condenser and two evaporators are made as concentric counter-flow type heat ...

The performance of various working fluids for automotive air conditioning was calculated using a computer simulation. The model solves for the steady-state performance of a system that consists of a compressor, condenser, expansion valve, and evaporator, either with or without a liquid line/suction l i e interchanger. Condenser and evaporator performance is calculated based of user-defined valu...

During the 1999-crushing season, the Malelane Mill installed vibratory screens after the quadruple effect evaporator. The purpose of the screens was to separate out any residual scale originating from the chemical cleaning of the evaporator vessels. This strategy was adopted after attempts to improve the flush out of the evaporator vessels after chemical cleaning proved ineffective in removing ...

Two-phase ejectors are devices capable of improving the performance of refrigeration and air conditioning cycles by means of expansion work recovery. Ejector studies often focus on the design and performance of the two-phase ejector and the effect it can have on the performance of the ejector cycle. However, the ejector is not the only component of the system that can have a significant influen...

Experimental investigation was done to find the role of capillary tube length and amount of refrigerant charge on the overall heat transfer coefficient in condenser and evaporator and actual COP of a simple vapour compression refrigeration system. It was concluded that increasing of the refrigerant charge in the system largely enhances the overall heat transfer coefficient in the evaporator by ...