The function of evaporator is to absorb the heat
Evaporator-Classification Medium to be cooled Products
Bluecold (BLC,BFZ,BHN,BSL,BLCA,BHNA,,)
1 Fin & Tube Type Air is cooled
Guntner Evaporators etc
2 Shell & Tube Type Liquid is cooled (Generally water or glycol) Onda
3 Brazed Plate heat exchangers Liquid is cooled (Generally water or glycol) Kaori
Now lets focus on Fin and tube type evaporator-Bluecold
Evaporator construction:
Fin & Tube Evaporators contains fins,tubes,axial fans, casing etc.
Refrigerant flows through the tubes
fans will suck the air from the back side of the evaporator and dischage it through the front side of the evaporator
Casing is the outer covering of evaporator
Parameters required for the selection of Fin & Tube Evaporator
1 Cooling Cap The evaporator cooling capacity should be more than the Compressor/condensing unit cooling capacity
2 Refrigerant You have to use the same refrigerant as in compressor/Condensing unit selection
3 Room Temp or Evap temp
TD = Temperature difference
Room Temp-Evap temp = TD
Commonly used TD is 7
Room temp is always higher and evap temp is always less than room temp
Ie. If room temp is 10 'C, then evap temp is 10-7 = 3'C. If room temp is +2 'C, then evap temp is -5'C
If customer is not giving any TD, then always take TD as 7.
Nomenclature : BLC 450 H.2-E
BLC repersents series ( Generally Upto -26'C RT )
Air contains moisture. When air passes through evaporator, moisture
4 repersents fin spacing (Fin spacing: The gap between two fins)
is removed from air in the form of water.
4 = 4 mm fin spacing (For positive room temp Ie. 1'C and above) Below 0'C RT this water will freeze and become Frost (Ice).
Frost formation in evaporator will block the air flow through the
6 = 6 mm fin spacing (For negative room temp Ie. 0'C and below)
evaporator and reduce the efficiency of evaporator.
So for negative room temp, frost formation is more and it will block
the air flow. Inorder to avoid this, you have to give more spacing
between the fins ( 6 mm ) so that even if there is frost formation air
will get enough space to flow.
So for positive room temp, frost formation is very less, So 4 mm fin
50 repersents fan dia in cm
spacing is enough
30=30cm or 300 mm fan
35=35cm or 350 mm fan
40=40cm or 400 mm fan
50=50cm or 500 mm fan
55=55cm or 550 mm fan
H repersents no. Of rows of tubes in evaporatos
M = 4 ROWS
E = 5 ROWS For positive room temp we generally give M & H coil
H= 6 ROWS For negative room temp we generally give M ,H & I coil
I = 8 ROWS E and K are not given generally.
K = 10 ROWS
.2 repersents no.of fans in the evaporator
1=1 fan
2=2 fans Always prefer 2 fan or 3 fan.
3=3fans
4=4fans
As discussed above, for negative room temp, frost formation is more
E repersents electric defrosting
and it will block the air flow.
If E is not present at the end of model name, then it is air defrosting To remove this frost, we need to use electrical heaters
This heaters will melt the ice (frost) and thus air can flow easily.
When we use heaters, we call it electric defrosting
For positive room temp, frost formation is very less, So heaters are not required
If heaters are not present then we call it air defrosting.
Positive Room Temp (1'C and Above) Negative Room Temp ( 0'C to -26'C)
Fin Spacing Commonly used : 4 mm (minimum) Commonly used : 6 mm (minimum)
Other fin spacing are also possible Other fin spacing are also possible
Defrosting Air Electric
Importance of TD :
Humidity means moisture content inside the room
with 7 TD, Approx. 80% RH can be achieved
The amount of humidity that is to be maintained in the room is depends on the product
More the TD, less the Relative humidity(RH). Less the TD, more the Relative humidity
More the TD, less the cost of evaporator. Less the TD, more the cost of evaporator
