Air Conditioner Performance Test (Heat Pump and Refrigeration Cycle)
There are many types of air conditioning system used such as air-cooled split type, air-cooled compact, water-cooled chiller system. The performance of each system is much depended on its type and operation. The type of the system must be selected for specific design usage and operation. However, in many cases, the operation is far different from that of the design values. The performance, therefore, depended on each operation.
This experiment is to measure the performance of the special (non-industrial) configuration of air conditioner which comprised of water-cooled evaporator and air-cooled condenser. The system is assumed to work in air heating mode, so called heat pump, and water cooling mode, so called refrigerator or chiller. The coefficient of performance (COP) is compared among actual operation and ideal (reversible) theory.
Objectives:
- To measure the performance of air-conditioning system for both heating and cooling modes
- To evaluate the time to steady state effect
- To compare the actual coefficient of performance of the apparatus against that of ideal cycle