Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

QBD Cooling Systems Inc. (QBD), a leading modular refrigeration and beverage cooler manufacturer, would like to optimize thex000D
design of their new and innovative modular beverage cooling unit by increasing the thermodynamic efficiency of their cycle, andx000D
thereby reducing the power consumption in their refrigeration system. It is hypothesized that a suboptimal equipment layout leadsx000D
to the compressor overheating and system inefficiencies, hence the need to optimize the equipment layout. To achieve this, QBDx000D
has proposed a collaborative project with Sheridan College to complete a series of computational flow dynamics (CFD) of thex000D
airflow in the existing design of modular refrigeration units. The focus of the initial CFD study is on the circulation of the condenserx000D
airflow within the cooling deck, as well as various heat transfer mechanisms between various process equipment (compressor,x000D
condenser, enclosure, etc.). The proposed project provides a systematic approach to conduct these CFD studies and, morex000D
importantly, experimentally validate the CFD results, and ultimately implement design changes to the cooling deck design.x000D
Moreover, a preliminary analysis on the effect of thermodynamic conditions used in the refrigeration cycle (Fig. 1) will bex000D
conducted. The goal of this thermodynamic analysis is to investigate potential suboptimal pressures in the evaporator (lowx000D
pressure side) and compressor (high pressure side).