TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a performance booster for the evaporator of window-type air conditioners
AU - Li, Jheng Yi
AU - Teng, Tun Ping
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of China (Taiwan) for their financial support to this research under Contract no. NSC 102-2221-E-003-017-and MOST 106-2221-E-003-024-MY3.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This study investigated the effect of a performance booster (PB) on the performance of a window-type air conditioner (WAC). The PB was fabricated using perforated aluminum plates with different pore size configurations according to the return air distribution of evaporator. The WAC was tested under various outdoor air conditions, and the performance of the WAC before and after PB installation was compared. Results showed that the PB effectively improved the performance of the WAC. The PB with three pore sizes improved the WAC performance more than the PB with two pore sizes. The maximum improvements in the WAC’s cooling capacity, dehumidification capacity, and energy efficiency ratio (EER) under the configuration with three pore sizes were 13.70 %, 59.63 % and 14.37 %, respectively, compared with the original WAC at an outdoor dry-bulb temperature of 30 °C.
AB - This study investigated the effect of a performance booster (PB) on the performance of a window-type air conditioner (WAC). The PB was fabricated using perforated aluminum plates with different pore size configurations according to the return air distribution of evaporator. The WAC was tested under various outdoor air conditions, and the performance of the WAC before and after PB installation was compared. Results showed that the PB effectively improved the performance of the WAC. The PB with three pore sizes improved the WAC performance more than the PB with two pore sizes. The maximum improvements in the WAC’s cooling capacity, dehumidification capacity, and energy efficiency ratio (EER) under the configuration with three pore sizes were 13.70 %, 59.63 % and 14.37 %, respectively, compared with the original WAC at an outdoor dry-bulb temperature of 30 °C.
KW - Cooling capacity
KW - Dehumidification capacity
KW - Energy efficiency ratio (EER)
KW - Performance booster (PB)
KW - Window-type air conditioner (WAC)
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U2 - 10.1007/s12206-018-0746-z
DO - 10.1007/s12206-018-0746-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051639151
SN - 1738-494X
VL - 32
SP - 3955
EP - 3964
JO - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
IS - 8
ER -
