Experimental assessment of the replacement of a conventional fin-and-tube condenser by a minichannel heat exchanger in an air/water chiller for residential air conditioning
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Compared with conventional fin-and-tube heat exchangers, microchannel heat exchangers have higher heat transfer efficiency, less refrigerant charging, and lower cost.
“Compared with the conventional fin-and-tube heat exchanger (FTHX), the MCHX has the advantages of higher heat transfer efficiency [1,2], less refrigerant charging [3], and lower cost [4,5].”
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Microchannel heat exchangers (MCHXs) are widely employed in refrigeration and heat pump systems due to advantages of being more efficient, smaller in size, lower refrigerant charge, and cheaper price.
“Currently, microchannel heat exchangers (MCHXs) are widely employed in refrigeration and heat pump systems due to their advantages of being more efficient, smaller in size, lower refrigerant charge, and cheaper price.”
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- Authors
- Illán-Gómez, F., García-Cascales, J. R., Hidalgo-Mompeán, F., & López-Belchí, A.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (ES)
- ORCID
- López-Belchí, A.
- Venue
- Energy and Buildings
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 144
- Pages
- 104-116
- ISSN
- 0378-7788 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2595532372
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 8
- FWCI
- 2.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Energy and Buildings (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (DPI2011-26771-C02-02)
- Fundación Séneca of the Region of Murcia (19501/PI/14)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Heat Transfer and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Keywords
- mini-channel heat exchanger, residential air conditioning, chiller efficiency, cooling capacity, uncertainty analysis
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