Summary

The present work proposes a methodology for the analysis and design of refrigeration cassettes for light commercial applications (i.e., cooling capacities ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 kW) according to which the system components (e.g., condenser, evaporator and compressor) are designed and selected driven by a simulation -based optimization algorithm. In order to do so, mathematical models were devised for each of the system components, particularly the fan supplied tube-fin heat exchangers (condenser and evaporator) as they play important roles on both system performance and product cost. [...]

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