1. Effect of Header Configuration on Refrigerant Distribution in Parallel Flow Microchannel Evaporators
- Author
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Lü Hongbin (吕鸿斌), Liu Jinwei (刘金伟), You Dian (游典), Chen Jiangping, YU Dengjia (俞登佳), and Shi Junye
- Subjects
geography ,Multidisciplinary ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Materials science ,Microchannel ,020209 energy ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,02 engineering and technology ,Mechanics ,Inlet ,01 natural sciences ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Insertion device ,Refrigerant ,0103 physical sciences ,Heat transfer ,Header ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Two-phase flow ,Evaporator - Abstract
The refrigerant flow distribution in the parallel flow microchannel evaporators is experimentally investigated to study the effect of header configuration. Six different configurations are tested in the same evaporator by installing insertion device and partition plate in the header to ensure the consistency of the other structure parameters. The results show that the uniformity of refrigerant flow distribution and the heat transfer rate are greatly improved by reducing the sectional area of header. The heat transfer rate can increase by 67.93% by reducing the sectional area of both inlet and outlet headers. The uniformity of refrigerant flow distribution and the heat transfer rate become worse after installing the partition plate in the insertion devices and changing the inner structure of the header further.
- Published
- 2019