An Experimental Study omn Evaporative Condenser in Air Conditioning Systems Using R744

Abstract

Nowadays, the use of refrigerants has low GWP and zero ODP applying refrigeration and air conditioning systems is an important concern. There has been a lot of research taking about refrigeration systems using R744. In this study, we focus on the use of the mix of water and air for an evaporative condenser through an experiment to study the heat transfer efficiency between water and the R744. The results of this study show that it is feasible to use water to cool down R744 to a subcritical state. The data obtained show that the R744 temperature at the outlet condenser gradually decreases with each change in the number of tube layers, the condensing pressure is stable at 73 bar with a pressure drop of 0.4 bar. The water temperature is stable between 26oC and 28oC, and the air outlet temperature from the indoor unit gradually decreases from 28oC to 16.8oC. With the 3 configurations of the condenser, the coefficient of performance gradually increases from 3.6 to 4.5 respectively.