An Experimental Evaluation On Air Conditioning Performance With Vairtex Air Director Applied On Residential Condenser Unit
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Date
May-18
Authors
Nguyen, Vien
Matida, Edgar
Godbout, Gerard
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Publisher
CSME-SCGM
Abstract
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.
Description
Paper presented at 2018 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress, 27-30 May 2018.
Keywords
Environmental Engineering, Air Conditioning, Condenser, Coefficient Of Performance, Hot-Wire, Compressor Power, Air Director