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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
engineering
Verifying site performance of water chilling machines by refrigerant-circuit measurements
International Journal of Refrigeration, Volume 26, No. 3, Year 2003
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Description
The well-known overall energy balance method is widely used to verify the apparent performance of water chilling machines on site. In harsh environments where the water circuits are liable to contamination, though, the uncertain accuracy of water flow meters renders this method unreliable. Apparent performance should then be verified by confirming measurements in the refrigerant circuit, because this is closed and less liable to contamination. A rigorous method of doing this, accounting for the complexities of large machines, is described. A graphical acceptability plot lucidly depicts the degree of accuracy of the apparent performance. This method has two advantages over merely computing the heat imbalance. It indicates whether a small such imbalance is concealing large but similar errors in the apparent constituents of the heat balance. It also identifies the erroneous such constituents responsible for a large or small heat imbalance. A case study illustrates the method. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. and IIR. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bailey-McEwan, M.
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
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Citations: 2
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-7007(02)00131-7
ISSN:
01407007
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative