MODELAGEM DE EVAPORADORES TIPO PLACAS PARA SISTEMAS CONDICIONADORES DE AR AUTOMOTIVOS / MODELING OF EVAPORATORS TYPE LAMINATED PLATE FOR AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
AUTOR(ES)
PAUL ORTEGA SOTOMAYOR
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008
RESUMO
A simulation model for automotive brazed laminate plate evaporators, for humid air cooling, was developed. The model adopts the local analysis method, where the heat exchanger is divided into a number of elemental control volumes, for which the equations of heat transfer and conservation of energy are applied. In order to determine the local heat transfer coefficient and friction factor, the model considers different regions in the heat exchanger. In the refrigerant side, two-phase or superheated flows were considered. In the air side, dry or wet surface conditions were modeled. For each zone different mechanisms of heat transfer and pressure drop were taken in account. The simulation model assumed prescribed evaporator geometry and inlet conditions for both fluids. A computer program was developed in FORTRAN to calculate overall thermodynamic outlet states of both fluids. Refrigerant properties were calculated using the software REFPROP version 7.0, developed by the NIST, U.S.A.. It allowed the modeling of the evaporator, operating with a vast range of refrigerants. New refrigerants, fluids H and 1234yf, (still not available in REFPROP v07 libraries) also were tested. The results of the simulation were compared with available experimental data.
ASSUNTO(S)
evaporadores refrigeration simulation placas plates refrigeracao automotive simulacao automotivo evaporators
