PENGUKURAN KOEFISIEN PERPINDAHAN KALOR EVAPORASI SALURAN HALUS PIPA VERTIKAL DENGAN VARIASI LAJU ALIRAN MASSA REFRIGERAN R-134a
Abstract
Along with advancement of technology, scientists had built the air
conditioner device whereas in the working system, there are fluid used as heat
delivers known as refrigeran. The R134a refrigerant or Tetrafluoroethane
(CF3CH2F) were used in this research. The refrigerant included to HFC (Hydro
Fluoro Carbon) had no Cl (Chlor) element, colorless substance, odorless and had
boiling point at room temperatur although it still had high enough of GWP. Based
of system, the type of refrigeration system often found were vapor compression
refrigeration system which the mixed phase changed to vapor phase and then it
called evaporation process. One of the parameter of evaporation process’s
calculation were the mass flow rate of refrigerant and the value of vapor quality
which had an effect on the value of coefficient heat transfer evaporation of R134a
refrigerant.
The research used a simply modified vapor compression refrigeration
system with added orifice tools, U-manometer, heater, and test section were the
main tools. The orifice had 2 mm diameter hole with a U-manometer containing
Mercury, Heater uses a nickel wire were heated with a voltage regulator, while the
test section is a double pipe type which on the outer pipe has 27.5 mm wall diameter
and the inner tube has 16.6 mm wall in diameter with 1 mm thickness of the pipe.
Variations were performed on the inverter with 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 Hz frequencies
to obtain the value of mass flow rate of refrigerant. Voltage variation on voltage
regulator used to know the vapor quality of refrigerant with 20 – 54 volts range.
Some literatures had described flow patterns that occur, one of them was based on
the position of the channel, then the position of the vertical pipe channel was used
as one of the variations of this research.
The result of experimental research on variation of mass flow rate of
refrigerant known as mass flux of refrigerant with the alteration of refrigerant
vapor quality which happened on smooth channel of vertical pipe with downward
of flow doesn’t show clearly increase the value of coefficient heat transfer
evaporation. The value mass flux of refrigerant variation varies between 34.58 kg
/ m2.s - 49.16 kg / m2.s while the value of coefficient heat transfer evaporation
ranges from 1024.72 W / m2.K - 2366.96 W / m2.K with value of vapor quality
between 0.162 - 0.96.