Experimental Investigation of Using Liquid Suction Heat Exchanger with Condensed Cold-Water on the Performance of Air Conditioning System

Abstract

This paper reports experimental investigation of using liquid suction heat exchanger (LSHX) with condensed cold-water (LSHX-CW) on the performance of a split type room air conditioning. To this end, we used a large room of a residential house of 64 m3 equipped with a 2-tons conventional commercial split-type air conditioner fitted with R22. The coaxial design of LSHX-CW allows to exchange heat between the vapor and liquid refrigerants in the center part and condensed water and the warm liquid refrigerant on the outer part. LSHX-CW was well insulated on the outside to reduce heat transfer with ambient. The air conditioning was tested several times for three scenarios namely, conventional system, system with LSHX alone and LSHX with condensed water LSHX-CW. Experimental results showed that the use of LSHX-CW improved the performance of air conditioning noticeably when compared to the use of LSHX alone. The maximum LSHX-CW effectiveness was 7.67%. The pressure discharge line and electricity consumed decreased by 8.23% and 9.40% respectively.