Abstract
The dynamic behaviour of a counter-flow, water-heated evaporator is studied experimentally and numerically. The frequency distribution of the random oscillations of the mixture-vapour transition point and the superheat temperature at the exit of the evaporator is obtained for steady operation of the system. These oscillations are well correlated. The transition point movement is found to cause fluctuations in the refrigerant temperature over 1 m downstream of its range of motion. Step changes in the refrigerant flow rate and the heating water flow rate demonstrate the non-linear characteristics of the evaporator where the time constants for step increases and step decreases of the same magnitude differ significantly. The distributed model predicts the variation of the superheat temperature and the evaporator pressure following step changes in the inputs with good accuracy.
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