TY - GEN
T1 - Potential of integrating the air-bearing heat exchanger into a refrigerator condenser
AU - Li, Manjie
AU - Du, Yilin
AU - Lee, Hoseong
AU - Hwang, Yunho
AU - Radermacher, Reinhard
AU - Johnson, Terry
AU - Kariya, Arthur
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In this paper, an air-bearing heat exchanger was applied to the condenser in a residential refrigerator, and its performance was investigated compared with conventional condensing unit. The air-bearing heat exchanger which was developed at Sandia National Laboratories estimated to have an enhanced air-side convection heat transfer and potential to increase the condenser performance. In the study, a prototype air-bearing condenser was designed and fabricated. Experiments on energy consumption according to DOE standard were conducted. The experimental results showed that the performance of the air-bearing condenser can match that of the conventional condensing unit, while its volume can be 60% lower.
AB - In this paper, an air-bearing heat exchanger was applied to the condenser in a residential refrigerator, and its performance was investigated compared with conventional condensing unit. The air-bearing heat exchanger which was developed at Sandia National Laboratories estimated to have an enhanced air-side convection heat transfer and potential to increase the condenser performance. In the study, a prototype air-bearing condenser was designed and fabricated. Experiments on energy consumption according to DOE standard were conducted. The experimental results showed that the performance of the air-bearing condenser can match that of the conventional condensing unit, while its volume can be 60% lower.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85016829245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18462/iir.icr.2015.0629
DO - 10.18462/iir.icr.2015.0629
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85016829245
T3 - Refrigeration Science and Technology
SP - 1787
EP - 1794
BT - 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, ICR 2015
PB - International Institute of Refrigeration
T2 - 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, ICR 2015
Y2 - 16 August 2015 through 22 August 2015
ER -