An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers

In order to meet the requirement of simulating different types of heat exchangers which are widely used in refrigerating system by a simulation tool, a general 3D distributed-parameter numerical design tool, HXSIM, is introduced. A general simulation framework was adopted to establish a general purp...

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Main Authors: Ren Tao, Ding Guoliang, Wang Tingting
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Language:zho
Published: Journal of Refrigeration Magazines Agency Co., Ltd. 2012-01-01
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Online Access:http://www.zhilengxuebao.com/thesisDetails#10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2012.02.024
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description In order to meet the requirement of simulating different types of heat exchangers which are widely used in refrigerating system by a simulation tool, a general 3D distributed-parameter numerical design tool, HXSIM, is introduced. A general simulation framework was adopted to establish a general purpose solver. With the help of control volume method, all types of heat exchangers can be divided into four types, which are fin-tube control volume, microchannel-fin control volume, wire-tube control volume and plate-tube control volume. There exists three objects in each control volume, which are refrigerant, air and tube fin (tube wire or tube plate), and the governing equations for each object are established according to its heat transfer and pressure drop characteristic. OpenGL was applied in building an interactive graphic user-friendly interface, and in developing HXSIM to facilitate a modular, highly flexible and customized simulation tool. The model prediction with HXSIM were verified against experimental data, which shows the maximum deviation for heat exchange capacity is within 10% and the maximum deviation for air side pressure drop is within 1.16 Pa.
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spelling doaj-art-cfdf8f33d31c40889bcb661e352c83442025-08-20T02:02:57ZzhoJournal of Refrigeration Magazines Agency Co., Ltd.Zhileng xuebao0253-43392012-01-013366519067An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat ExchangersRen TaoDing GuoliangWang TingtingIn order to meet the requirement of simulating different types of heat exchangers which are widely used in refrigerating system by a simulation tool, a general 3D distributed-parameter numerical design tool, HXSIM, is introduced. A general simulation framework was adopted to establish a general purpose solver. With the help of control volume method, all types of heat exchangers can be divided into four types, which are fin-tube control volume, microchannel-fin control volume, wire-tube control volume and plate-tube control volume. There exists three objects in each control volume, which are refrigerant, air and tube fin (tube wire or tube plate), and the governing equations for each object are established according to its heat transfer and pressure drop characteristic. OpenGL was applied in building an interactive graphic user-friendly interface, and in developing HXSIM to facilitate a modular, highly flexible and customized simulation tool. The model prediction with HXSIM were verified against experimental data, which shows the maximum deviation for heat exchange capacity is within 10% and the maximum deviation for air side pressure drop is within 1.16 Pa.http://www.zhilengxuebao.com/thesisDetails#10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2012.02.024pyrologyheat exchangerNumerical designmodel
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Ding Guoliang
Wang Tingting
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heat exchanger
Numerical design
model
title An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers
title_full An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers
title_fullStr An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers
title_full_unstemmed An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers
title_short An Integrated Numerical Design Tool for Air-to-refrigerant Heat Exchangers
title_sort integrated numerical design tool for air to refrigerant heat exchangers
topic pyrology
heat exchanger
Numerical design
model
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