Al-Khawarizmi Engineering Journal (Dec 2015)

Prediction of Performance Equations for Household Compressors Depending on Manufacturing Data for Refrigerators and Freezers

  • Louay Abd Alazez Mahdi,
  • Emad Esmaael Habib,
  • Laith Abd Almunam

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 4

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Abstract A surface fitting model is developed based on calorimeter data for two famous brands of household compressors. Correlation equations of ten coefficient polynomials were found as a function of refrigerant saturating and evaporating temperatures in range of (-35℃ to -10℃) using Matlab software for cooling capacity, power consumption, and refrigerant mass flow rate. Additional correlations equations for these variables as a quick choice selection for a proper compressor use at ASHRAE standard that cover a range of swept volume range (2.24-11.15) cm3. The result indicated that these surface fitting models are accurate with in ± 15% for 72 compressors model of cooling capacity and 50 models for power consumption and 25 models for refrigerant mass flow rate. Keywords: Performance, compressors, manufacturing, data, equations.

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