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Experimental and Numerical Study on Fan-Supplied Condenser Deterioration under Built-In Condition and Its Corresponding Refrigerator Performance

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  • Yu Sun

    (Department of Refrigeration & Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Rijing Zhao

    (Department of Refrigeration & Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Yikun Yang

    (Department of Refrigeration & Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Dong Huang

    (Department of Refrigeration & Cryogenic Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

Abstract

The built-in refrigerator has been popular in China in recent years due to users’ high requirements for the integration of home appliances and furnishings. However, the built-in configuration will cause a significant performance deterioration, which has been less quantitively studied. The condenser and its refrigerator performance are compared experimentally and numerically between built-in and free-standing configurations. By contrast with the free-standing condition, the built-in condenser has poor performance attributed to two reasons: 28.6% lower condenser air flowrate and 10.72 °C higher condenser inlet air temperature caused by the hot short-circuited airflow. This heat dissipation deterioration increases the condensing temperature and discharge temperature, resulting in a refrigerator cooling capacity loss. Correspondingly, the compressor increases the rotating speed and power to compensate for the loss. The compressor ON-time ratio reduces by 8% but the average power during the compressor-on period increases by 56.9%, finally increasing the energy consumption by 43.4%. This study also provides some guidance for further heat dissipation and airflow field optimization of built-in refrigerators.

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  • Yu Sun & Rijing Zhao & Yikun Yang & Dong Huang, 2022. "Experimental and Numerical Study on Fan-Supplied Condenser Deterioration under Built-In Condition and Its Corresponding Refrigerator Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-14, November.
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