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US 7,606,683 B2Granted
Cooling system design simulator
AssigneeEmerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
InventorsVijay Bahel, Peter F. Dexter, Altaf Hossain, Thomas E. Crone
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Abstract
A method of computer-based simulation of a cooling system includes inputting condenser parameters, evaporator parameters and compressor parameters for the cooling system and processing the condenser parameters, the evaporator parameters and the compressor parameters through a model of the cooling system. A flow control device is selected based on an output of the model.
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A method of computer-based simulation of a cooling system, comprising:
- inputting condensing unit parameters and evaporator parameters for said cooling system, at least one of said condensing unit parameters and said evaporator parameters including configuration information for a heat exchanger of said cooling system, said configuration information including a number of equivalent parallel refrigerant circuits information;
- inputting compressor parameters for said cooling system;
- inputting refrigerant properties for a refrigerant flowing through said cooling system;
- processing with a computer said condensing unit parameters, said evaporator parameters, said compressor parameters and said refrigerant properties through a model of said cooling system;
- generating system outputs based on said processing;
- generating a list of flow control devices based on said system outputs;
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- selecting a flow control device from said list of flow control devices.
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A method comprising:
- receiving condenser parameters, evaporator parameters and compressor parameters of a cooling system;
- configuring a model of said cooling system according to said condenser parameters, said evaporator parameters and said compressor parameters;
- generating at least one flow control device selection parameter with a computer simulation of said cooling system based on said configured model;
- generating a list of flow control devices based on said at least one flow control device selection parameter generated by said computer simulation;
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- selecting a flow control device from said list of flow control devices.
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A method comprising:
- receiving condenser parameters, evaporator parameters and compressor parameters for a cooling system;
- receiving a dry bulb temperature;
- receiving at least one first air property input including at least one of a wet bulb temperature, a relative humidity, a humidity ratio, a specific volume, an enthalpy, and a dew point temperature;
- calculating at least one second air property input based on said dry bulb temperature and said at least one first air property input, said at least one second air property input including at least one of said wet bulb temperature, said relative humidity, said humidity ratio, said specific volume, said enthalpy, and said dew point temperature;
- configuring a model of said cooling system according to said condenser parameters, said evaporator parameters, said compressor parameters, said at least one first air property input, and said at least one second air property input;
- generating an output with a computer simulation of said cooling system based on said configured model.
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