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Advanced Method of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) System Design to Forecast on Site Operation—Part 3: Optimal Solutions to Minimize Sizes

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  • Mykola Radchenko

    (Machinebuilding Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine)

  • Andrii Radchenko

    (Machinebuilding Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine)

  • Eugeniy Trushliakov

    (Department of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine)

  • Anatoliy Pavlenko

    (Department of Building Physics and Renewable Energy, Kielce University of Technology, Avenue of 1000 Years of the Polish State, 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland)

  • Roman Radchenko

    (Machinebuilding Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Heroes of Ukraine Avenue 9, 54025 Mykolayiv, Ukraine)

Abstract

Outdoor air conditioning systems (ACS) are used as autonomic systems as well as in combined outdoor and indoor ACS of the variable refrigerant flow (VRF) type, with variable speed compressors (VSC) as their advanced version. Methods for determining the optimal value of refrigeration capacity and providing the maximum rate of the summarized annual refrigeration energy generation increment, according to its needs at minimum compressor sizes and rational values, are applied to reveal the reserves for reducing the designed (installed) refrigeration capacity, thus enabling us to practically achieve maximum annual refrigeration energy generation as the primary criterion at the second stage of the general design methodology previously developed by the authors. The principle of sharing the total thermal load on the ACS between the ranges of changeable loads for outdoor air precooling, and a relatively stable load range for further processing air are used as its basis. According to this principle, the changeable thermal load range is chosen as the object for energy saving by recuperating the excessive refrigeration generated at lowered loading in order to compensate for the increased loads, thereby matching actual duties at a reduced designed refrigeration capacity. The method allows us to determine the corresponding level of regulated loads (LRL) of SRC and the load range of compressor operation to minimize sizes.

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  • Mykola Radchenko & Andrii Radchenko & Eugeniy Trushliakov & Anatoliy Pavlenko & Roman Radchenko, 2023. "Advanced Method of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) System Design to Forecast on Site Operation—Part 3: Optimal Solutions to Minimize Sizes," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:5:p:2417-:d:1086467
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