The effects of outdoor heat exchanger hydrophobic treatment on the performance of an air source heat pump /

adhesion strengths of the droplets were found to be 590 for

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Brandon DeWayne, 1964-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:adhesion strengths of the droplets were found to be 590 for
aluminum outdoor heat exchangers. The overall performance of
bare aluminum, 34' for acrylic coated aluminum, and 24' for
case test results were compared to tests that utilized coated
coated aluminum surface, and an acrylic resin coated aluminum
coefficient of performance of the heat pump. Overall, the
condition, the coatings were within 2.4% of the base coil for
cooling and heating mode conditions. The adhesion strength of
could be applied thin enough, increased heating performance
could be obtained from the heat transfer enhancement of the
each test was analyzed. These tests were carried out for
For frost/defrost testing conditions, it was generally found
frequency of defrost cycles. Potentially, if the coating
frost/defrost cycle times than the base coil. In general,
investigated. The base case tests used a bare aluminum
measure of adhesion strength. The adhesion strength was
measured through a range of temperatures. At 1.1C the
not significantly effect the integrated capacity, integrated
on the performance of an air source heat pump were
outdoor heat exchanger in the experimental setup. The base
outdoor heat exchanger of a split system heat pump could be
outdoor heat exchanger.
parameters of the heat pump. For the cooling mode testing
release from the surface quicker for silicone resin surface
results of this study showed that hydrophobically coating the
silicone coated aluminum. Hence, water droplets would
surface were catalogued and compared. The angle at which the
than for the other two surfaces. The coatings were not found
than the base coil. During the heating mode, the coating did
that the coated outdoor heat exchangers produced longer
the defrost times were found to be less for the coated coils
The effects of outdoor heat exchanger hydrophobic treatment
the system EER, power consumption, and the system capacity.
to have any detrimental effects on the cooling performance
total system power consumption, or the integrated cyclic
used to increase the heating performance by decreasing the
water droplet released from the surface was used as the
water droplets to a bare aluminum surface, a silicone resin
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 94 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.