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R410A

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High-speed turbocompressors for natural fluid heat-pumps: from integrated design to digital-twin

Luis Eric Olmedo Ocampo

Compressors for commercial and industrial heat-pumps in the 100kW-load range are currently dominated by positive displacementmachines. In the context of refrigerant phaseouts and changing regulations, natural refrigerants are seen as a compelling alternati ...

EPFL2023

Pressure drop prediction in annular two-phase flow in macroscale tubes and channels

John Richard Thome, Andrea Cioncolini

A new prediction method for the frictional pressure drop in annular two-phase flow is presented. This new prediction method focuses on the aerodynamic interaction between the liquid film and the gas core in annular flows, and explicitly takes into account ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2017

Working fluid charge reduction, part 1: CO2 fin-tube evaporator designed for light commercial appliances utilizing flow pattern based phenomenological prediction models

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen

The present study focused on improving the thermal performance of CO2 evaporators while reducing their volume and thus significantly reducing the working fluid charge. To achieve this, the leading two-phase flow pattern and physically-based prediction mode ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Working fluid charge reduction. Part II: Supercritical CO2 gas cooler designed for light commercial appliances

John Richard Thome, Jackson Braz Marcinichen

The present study focused on the thermal hydraulic performance improvement of a CO2 gas cooler with the principal goal of reducing its volume, and consequently the necessary charge of the working fluid. To achieve this compactness, the leading methods for ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Experimental investigation of a two-stage oil-free domestic Air/Water heat pump prototype powered by an oil-free high-speed twin-stage radial compressor rotating on gas bearings

Daniel Favrat, Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Jean-Baptiste Carré

Domestic heat pumps have been identified as a key-technology to decrease the energy consumption of the domestic sector, which represents 29% of the world final energy consumption. Space & water heating represent more than two third of the domestic sector e ...

2016

Experimental investigation of electrical domestic heat pumps equipped with a twin-stage oil-free radial compressor

Jean-Baptiste Carré

The world energy consumption has dramatically increased since the end of the World War II. The main share of this energy comes from fossil fuel combustion. The worldwide domestic sector consumes about 30% of the global energy supply and the biggest share o ...

EPFL2015

CO2 and R410A: Two-phase flow visualizations and flow boiling measurements at medium (0.50) reduced pressure

John Richard Thome

The conversion to more environmentally friendly refrigerants is of prime importance for refrigeration and air-conditioning industries. A first option for the substitution of the fluids which use was banned could be natural refrigerants, such as CO2, or HFC ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2012

Heat Transfer and Visualization of Falling Film Evaporation on a Tube Bundle

Marcel Christians

Horizontal falling film evaporators have the potential of displacing flooded evaporators in industry, due to advantages such as lower required refrigerant charge and lower pressure drop. However, there is a need to improve the understanding of falling film ...

EPFL2010

Prediction of Local Bundle Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficients: Pure Refrigerant Boiling on Plain, Low Fin and Turbo-BII HP Tube Bundles

John Richard Thome

New correlations predicting the local boiling heat transfer coefficients for vertical flow over a tube bundle have been developed. These correlations were developed for three different classes of tubes: smooth, low-finned, and Turbo-BII HP. These correlati ...

2006

Contribution to the heat transfer analysis of natural and substitute refrigerants evaporated in a horizontal tube

Olivier Zürcher

The substitution of CFC refrigerants in refrigeration systems, heat pumps and organic Rankine cycles, requests a good knowledge of the heat transfer and pressure drop properties of substitute fluids. A contribution to this international effort is proposed ...

EPFL2000

Boiling of New Refrigerants: a State-of-the-Art Review

John Richard Thome

The industrial conversion to new alternative refrigerants is now one of the major driving forces in two-phase flow and boiling heat transfer research. A state-of- the-art review is presented here to quantify what has been done so far, assess the strengths ...

1996