Study of the Refrigeration Characteristics of a Vortex Heat Exchanger

dc.contributor.advisor	Peterson, G. P.
dc.creator	Albrecht, Kelley
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-01T16:00:01Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-01T16:00:01Z
dc.date.issued	1991
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/CAPSTONE-PhippsC_1991
dc.description	Program year: 1990/1991	en
dc.description	Digitized from print original stored in HDR	en
dc.description.abstract	The refrigeration characteristics and governing parameters of a vortex heat exchanger were studied in this investigation. A set of empirical curves was developed utilizing input variables of inlet pressure, flowrate, and diffuser gap distance. A temperature profile of the bottom diffuser plate was obtained using an infrared camera. It was found that as the inlet pressure increases, the temperature drop across the vortex heat exchanger also increases. The optimum diffuser gap distance was determined to be 0.254 mm.	en
dc.format.extent	34 pages	en
dc.format.medium	electronic	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.subject	vortex heat exchanger	en
dc.subject	refrigeration characteristics	en
dc.subject	inlet pressure	en
dc.subject	diffuser gap distance	en
dc.title	Study of the Refrigeration Characteristics of a Vortex Heat Exchanger	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.department	Mechanical Engineering	en
thesis.degree.grantor	University Undergraduate Fellow	en
thesis.degree.level	Undergraduate	en
dc.type.material	text	en