EVSIM: An Evaporator Simulation Model Accounting for Refrigerant and One Dimensional Air Distribution.
EVSIM: An Evaporator Simulation Model Accounting for
Refrigerant and One Dimensional Air Distribution.
(5913 K)
Domanski, P. A.
NISTIR 89-4133; 142 p. August 1989.
Sponsor:
Department of Energy, Washington, DC
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB89-235881
Keywords:
computerized simulation; air conditioning equipment;
evaporators; air conditioners; heat exchanges;
refrigerants; air circulation; thermodynamics; models;
computer programs
Abstract:
The report describes a computer model, EVSIM, of a
refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger of the type used in
residential air conditioning as an evaporator. The model
provides performance predictions of a one-slab or
two-slab evaporator for a given refrigerant enthalpy at
the coil inlet, saturation temperature and superheat at
the coil outlet, and at imposed one dimensional air mass
flow distribution over the coil face. The model accounts
for air distribution and for complex refrigerant
circuitry designs by simulating refrigerant
distribution. Performance of the coil is calculated
employing a tube-by-tube scheme. The report includes a
User's Guide and a listing written in FORTRAN 77.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899