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Performance and Geometrical Parametric Evaluation of Plate Finned Tube Gas Cooler for Trans-critical CO2 Air Conditioning System

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This paper aims at the study of heat transfer coefficient, effectiveness and capacity of trans critical CO2 for plain fin and tube gas cooler to investigate the effect of fin density, fin thickness, transverse and longitudinal tube spacing, gas cooler width and air inlet temperature. For this purpose, the Indian climate conditioned condenser model was used which have 40 °C DBT and the condenser pressure 90 bar. The thermo-physical and transport properties of CO2 have a monitor for the physical behavior at state point of the fluid or mixture using REFPROP software. Refrigerant and air side heat transfer coefficients were estimated and compared with the available correlations. It has been observed that the heat transfer coefficient and effectiveness for 830–1030 m3/h flow rate shows intimacy with rich correlation compared with other correlations.

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  1. Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India

    Nilam P. Jadhav

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sathyabama University, Chennai (TN), India

    V. K. Bupesh Raja

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur, India

    Shrikrushna B. Bhosale

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  1. SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India

    Prashant M. Pawar

  2. SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India

    Babruvahan P. Ronge

  3. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    R. Balasubramaniam

  4. SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India

    Anup S. Vibhute

  5. SVERI’s College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India

    Sulabha S. Apte

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Jadhav, N.P., Raja, V.K.B., Bhosale, S.B. (2020). Performance and Geometrical Parametric Evaluation of Plate Finned Tube Gas Cooler for Trans-critical CO2 Air Conditioning System. In: Pawar, P., Ronge, B., Balasubramaniam, R., Vibhute, A., Apte, S. (eds) Techno-Societal 2018 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16962-6_17

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