Investigation of the effects of vapour quality and oil concentration on performance of a swash plate compressor
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Abstract
The main objective of the present study is to experimentally investigate the effects of vapour quality and oil concentration on the performance of a swash plate compressor for automotive air conditioning systems. R-134a is used as refrigerant. The compressor used is a typical automotive swash-plate-type compressor driven by a 10 hp variable-speed electric motor and lubricated by polyalkylene glycol (PAG) oil. The variables measured during the experiment are pressure, temperature, oil concentration, total mass flow rate and vapour mass flow at the inlet and outlet of the compressor. The experiment was performed at varying compressor speeds, compression ratios and vapour quality. The results revealed some unknown aspects of the compression process in an automotive air conditioning system. The vapour quality does not affect volumetric efficiency, but influences isentropic efficiency of the compressor. In the vapour quality range of 80–90%, isentropic efficiency decreases with increasing vapour quality. During the compression process, only a portion of the liquid refrigerant evaporates. However, at the outlet of the compressor, refrigerant/oil mixture never reaches steady state. The evaporation ratio decreases with increasing compressor speed, and with increasing vapour quality as well. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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