Theoretical Analysis and Experimental Researches on Internal Heat Exchanger in CO₂ Trans-Critical Cycle

Abstract:

The change of system performance caused by regenerative cycle in different operating conditions was analyzed in this paper, comparing the cycle with or without internal heat exchanger in a CO₂ trans-critical cycle. We analyzed theoretically the performance of CO₂ trans-critical cycle with the internal heat exchanger, and found that the coefficient increased with the decreasing of the high side pressure and the increasing of outlet temperature in gas cooler, in a certain range of the high side pressure and outlet temperature. The evaporation temperature could be raised when the system with internal heat exchanger and at the same time the coefficient of performance could be improved obviously. At lower high side pressure, the performance coefficient could be improved significantly by increasing the suction superheat. The higher the gas cooler outlet temperature was, the more obvious the increase was.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 204-208)
• Pages: 4336-4342
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.204-208.4336
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Hui Xia Lu, Jing Lv, Zhe Bin He, Jin Yu Wang, Jia Wei Zhou
• Keywords: CO₂ Trans-Critical Cycle, Coefficient of Performance (COP), Internal Heat Exchanger

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