Experimental air conditioning energy evaluation under Caribbean climate conditions
Hermes Ramirez-Leon,
Maria Angelica Gonzalez-Carmona,
Javier Jiménez-Cabas,
José Escorcia-Gutierrez,
Antonio Bula
Affiliations
Hermes Ramirez-Leon
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Simón Bolívar, 080002, Colombia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, 081007, Colombia
Maria Angelica Gonzalez-Carmona
Programa de pós-graduação en engenharia mecânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
Javier Jiménez-Cabas
Department of Computational Science and Electronics, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Barranquilla, 080002, Colombia; Corresponding author.
José Escorcia-Gutierrez
Department of Computational Science and Electronics, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Barranquilla, 080002, Colombia
Antonio Bula
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, 081007, Colombia
A 23 factorial design was performed to analyze the performance of a mini-split air conditioning system under several psychrometric air conditions at the evaporator inlet, similar to Tropical Caribbean region conditions. In addition, a search for new energy-saving opportunities was performed. The results showed that interactions between the temperature of the air inlet, the humidity of the air inlet, and the fan speed level are significant in the mini-split energy performance under Caribbean climate conditions. Hence, working on an oriented energy savings control strategy is necessary. Therefore, this study recommends developing a fan speed control scheme, generating energy savings of around 10% in the air conditioning unit.
