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Performance Evaluation of Split Air Conditioner with Consideration of Pressure Drop in Evaporator and Condenser 

Punit Mishra1 * , Shubham Soni2 and Govind Maheshwari3

1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Shri G S Institute of Technology and science, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidhyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India

2 Mechanical Engineering Department, Medicaps University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India

3 Mechanical Engineering Department, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya,, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India

Corresponding author Email: enggpunit@gmail.com

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.17.3.8

In this research, a split air conditioner's performance has been evaluated using exergy analysis on three different low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, namely R32, R447A, and R447B, to find a replacement for the GWP-high refrigerant R410A. With regard for pressure loss in the evaporator and condenser, a computational model is built to recreate the operational conditions of a split air conditioner. GENETRON Properties 1.4 software is used to calculate performance metrics such as coefficient of performance (COP), exergy destruction ratio, exergetic efficiency, and efficiency defect. Result shows that pressure drop in evaporator alone has an adverse effect on COP and total exergy destruction and it is higher at higher pressure drop. Effect of pressure drop on exergetic efficiency and exergy destruction ratio is found to be less significant with condenser pressure drop compared to evaporator pressure drop. Exergy efficiency is found to be maximum with R447A followed by R447B, R32, and R410A.

Exergetic efficiency; Exergy destruction; Efficiency defect; Pressure drop; R32, R410A, R447A, R447B

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Mishra P, Soni S, Maheshwari G. Performance Evaluation of Split Air Conditioner with Consideration of Pressure Drop in Evaporator and Condenser. Curr World Environ 2022;17(3). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.17.3.8

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Mishra P, Soni S, Maheshwari G. Performance Evaluation of Split Air Conditioner with Consideration of Pressure Drop in Evaporator and Condenser. Curr World Environ 2022;17(3).

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