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Comparação da viabilidade técnica-econômica em condicionamento de ar: compressor a pistão versus compressor rotativo de velocidade variável

2009; Linguagem: Inglês

2639-6459

Rafael Moreira,

Green IT and Sustainability

This study presents the results of a work carried out on a test bench, where it was verified the difference of the electrical startup power and the performance coefficient of two different types of compressors, namely: a hermetic piston type compressor and a rotating scroll type compressor operating with a frequency inverter. In this study, the refrigerant flow rate was varied and, consequently, the cooling capacity obtained by two distinct procedures: one, by the restriction of the refrigerating flow while maintaining rotation of the piston compressor constant and the other, by varying the scroll compressor rotation through a frequency inverter while keeping the restrictive valve in a fixed position. Is showed also, the influence of frequency inverter in order to control the air flow rate system by employed with fan engine and afterwards compare with method which air flow rate is controlled by DAMPER valve, where until 87 % to fan actuation power was saved. Besides, the study demonstrated that there is a range where the frequency inverter is capable of savings up to 56% of the compressor demanding power for a defined cooling capacity in relation to a compressor without the frequency inverter, in which the refrigerating flow rate control occurs through the restrictive valve. Therefore, it is conclusive that the use of frequency inverters in systems where the required cooling capacity varies, it can result in an appreciated economy of energy.