Nguyen, VienMatida, EdgarGodbout, Gerard2018-11-092018-11-09May-18http://hdl.handle.net/10315/35412http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/35412Paper presented at 2018 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress, 27-30 May 2018.Thermodynamic performance measurements of a 1.5 ton residential air conditioning system and fluid flow hot-wire velocity measurements at the outlet of the condenser were performed with and without an add-on device (VairTEX Air Director added on top of the condenser unit). The Air Director modified all three velocity components at the condenser exit. Data from hot-wire confirmed the Air Director reduced the radial component while enhancing swirling factor and adding 48.7% volumetric flow rate across the condenser unit. By streamlining the flow, the Air Director led to an improvement of 5% in terms of overall coefficient of performance of the air conditioning unit and 4.5% reduction in compressor power consumption.enThe copyright for the paper content remains with the authors.Environmental EngineeringAir ConditioningCondenserCoefficient Of PerformanceHot-WireCompressor PowerAir DirectorArticle