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Title: | Energy savings potential in using cold-shelves innovation for multi-deck open front refrigerated cabinets |
Authors: | Tsamos, KM Mroue, H Sun, J Tassou, SA Nicholls, N Smith, G |
Keywords: | Open front refrigerated cabinett;air guiding strips;cold shelf;CFD;ANSYS Fluen |
Issue Date: | 18-Mar-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Energy Procedia, 2019, 161 pp. 292 - 299 |
Abstract: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) An approach considered in recent years to improve the efficiency of open-type refrigerated display cabinets is to install air guiding strips at the front face of the shelves with a single layer air curtain. This paper presents experimental results comparing a conventional open-type vertical refrigerated cabinet and a cold shelf innovation, which integrates both air-guiding strips and air supply at the front of individual shelves. In addition, a comprehensive and detailed Computational Fluid Dynamics model using ANSYS Fluent has been created to further investigate the influence of the cold shelve innovation on the performance of vertical multi-deck refrigerated display cabinets. The experimental results showed energy savings of 16.7 kWh/24 hrs for the guiding strips and cold shelf innovation compared to the conventional cabinet due to the more efficient air curtain and lower air temperature entering the evaporator coil. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/18118 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.094 |
ISSN: | 1876-6102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.094 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers |
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