Abstract

ABSTRACT The dry ice sublimation process of CO2 is a unique technique in which temperature ranges below the triple point of −56 °C can be achieved in a CO2 refrigeration system. However, during the evaporation process of the actual refrigeration system, the dry-ice blockage maybe happens in the evaporator, which causes a risk of system failure in the suction of the compressor. In order to overcome this problem, in this study, an ultra-low temperature CO2 cascade refrigeration system with a novel tapered evaporator/sublimator was designed and constructed. The novel evaporator/sublimator included a swirl promoter, which induces the swirling flow of solid-gas two-phase flow. Experiments were conducted for the investigation of solid-gas two-phase flow heat transfer characteristics in the evaporator/sublimator. According to the experimental results, it is verified that the CO2 refrigeration system can operate consistently and steadily without dry ice blockage in the evaporator/sublimator. In addition, the dry ice particles are uniformly distributed along the inner wall of the evaporator/sublimator by the installation of the swirl promoter, and the heat transfer coefficient is considerably improved.

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