TY - GEN
T1 - Computational fluid dynamics
simulations of a two-phase R-744 ejector geometry in expansion processes
of vapor-compression refrigeration systems
AU - Kanbur, Baris Burak
AU - Markussen, Wiebke Brix
AU - Busch, A.
AU - Kriezi, E. E.
AU - Kærn, Martin Ryhl
AU - Kristofferson, J.
AU - Walther, Jens Honore
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Carbon dioxide (CO2), also known as R744, is a natural working fluid in vapor-compression refrigeration systems (VCRS) that brings advantages from the aspects of sustainability and high efficiency, especially when VCRS are operated with ejectors. This study reports on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for a two-phase R744 ejector in transcritical operating conditions (OC) by applying a multiphase mixture model in a commercial CFD solver. Two different OCs were considered with the inlet pressures of 63.83 bar and 66.51 bar at the motive inlet and 26.36 bar and 29.44 bar at the suction inlet, respectively. Results showed that the deviation of mass entrainment ratio between the simulated results and the experimental data was 4.2 % and 13.9 % for two different cases. Based on the simulation results, the fields of pressure, temperature, mass fraction, and Mach number were analysed. The maximum Mach number was found no greater than 1.45.
AB - Carbon dioxide (CO2), also known as R744, is a natural working fluid in vapor-compression refrigeration systems (VCRS) that brings advantages from the aspects of sustainability and high efficiency, especially when VCRS are operated with ejectors. This study reports on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations for a two-phase R744 ejector in transcritical operating conditions (OC) by applying a multiphase mixture model in a commercial CFD solver. Two different OCs were considered with the inlet pressures of 63.83 bar and 66.51 bar at the motive inlet and 26.36 bar and 29.44 bar at the suction inlet, respectively. Results showed that the deviation of mass entrainment ratio between the simulated results and the experimental data was 4.2 % and 13.9 % for two different cases. Based on the simulation results, the fields of pressure, temperature, mass fraction, and Mach number were analysed. The maximum Mach number was found no greater than 1.45.
U2 - 10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0480
DO - 10.18462/iir.icr.2023.0480
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 978-2-36215-056-2
BT - Proceedings of the 26th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration
ER -