Thermal and Energy Evaluation of a Domestic Refrigerator under the Influence of the Thermal Load

Juan M. Belman-Flores, Diana Pardo-Cely, Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez, Iván Hernández-Pérez, David A. Rodríguez-Valderrama and Yonathan Heredia-Aricapa
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Juan M. Belman-Flores: Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, C.P. 36885 Salamanca, Mexico
Diana Pardo-Cely: Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, C.P. 36885 Salamanca, Mexico
Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez: Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, C.P. 36885 Salamanca, Mexico
Iván Hernández-Pérez: División Académica de Ingeniería y Arquitectura, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, C.P. 86690 Cunduacán, Mexico
David A. Rodríguez-Valderrama: Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, C.P. 36885 Salamanca, Mexico
Yonathan Heredia-Aricapa: Engineering Division, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, University of Guanajuato, C.P. 36885 Salamanca, Mexico

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: This study seeks to understand the thermal and energetic behavior of a domestic refrigerator more widely by experimentally evaluating the main effects of the thermal load (food) and the variation of the ambient temperature. To carry out the experiments, the thermal load was classified based on the results of a survey conducted on different consumers in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The thermal behavior of both compartments of the refrigerator, the total energy consumption, the power of the compressor in its first on-state, and the coefficient of performance, according to the classification of the thermal loads and the room temperature, were evaluated. Finally, it is verified that the thermal load and the room temperature have a significant influence on the energy performance of the refrigerator.

Keywords: energy consumption; thermal load; domestic refrigeration system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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