Develpoment of a Novel Defrost Device for a Unit Cooler Using Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe

Jong Ho Hwang; Yeon U Gu; Ogah Friday  Imhanmhenisi; Sang Un  Gong; Yong Ha Kwon; Jong Soo  Kim

doi:10.6180/jase.2012.15.2.03

Develpoment of a Novel Defrost Device for a Unit Cooler Using Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe

Jong Ho Hwang¹, Yeon U Gu ², Ogah Friday Imhanmhenisi², Sang Un Gong³, Yong Ha Kwon³ and Jong Soo Kim This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.³

¹Kyungdong R&H CO., LTD, Uijeon-ri, Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 621-801, Rep of Korea
²Department of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering, Graduate School, Pukyong National University (PKNU), Yongdang-dong, Nam-gu, Busan 608-739, Rep of Korea
³Departement of Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering, PKNU, Rep of Korea

Received: May 9, 2012
Accepted: June 4, 2012
Publication Date: June 4, 2012

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ABSTRACT

The unit coolers of cold storage warehouse should be defrosted at least once every 3 to 6 hours. Electric resistance heaters are frequently employed for the defrosting of unit coolers. The most important problems of electric defrosting are defrosting time and changes in room temperature. We developed a high efficient defrosting method using the Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe (BJLHP). This study shows a comparison between conventional electric heater and Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe (BJLHP) as a defrost device in evaporator. “The factors evaporator temperatures, cold room temperature, heater temperature, defrost water quantity and electric power consumption were compared” The defrosting method using “Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe (BJLHP)” shows lower cold storage room temperature and electric power consumption than the conventional electric defrosting heater.

Keywords: Bubble Jet Loop Heat Pipe (BJLHP), Optimum Working Fluid Charging Rate, Unit Cooler, Defrost Water Quantity, Electric Defrosting Heater, Electric Power Consumption

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