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Investigation on the ultrasonic propagation mechanism and its application on air-source heat pump defrosting

Journal

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Volume 107, Issue -, Pages 479-492

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.185

Keywords

Air-source heat pump; Propagation mechanism; Dispersion curve; Ultrasonic defrosting; Guided wave modes

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Fund of China [51575422]

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Frosting deposited on the outdoor coil of air-source heat pump (ASHP) units deteriorates the operational performance and energy efficiency. Therefore, periodic defrosting is necessary. First, the dispersion curves for the propagation mechanism of an ultrasonic guided wave in the evaporator are determined through numerical calculation. In addition, the shear stress and vibration characteristics under ultrasonic excitation are analysed using finite element method (FEM). Finally, the vibration amplitude and defrosting performance of ultrasonic vibration is analysed. The numerical calculation results indicate that three guided wave modes exist in the evaporator, including both AO and SO modes of the Lamb wave and SHO mode of the SH wave, with the optimal defrosting mode being SO of the Lamb wave. The FEM results show that the vibrational shapes of SO mode and longitudinal mode clearly exists in the fin and tube, the torsional and flexural modes also exist in the tube, and the FEM results are consistent with the numerical calculation results. The impedance analysis and laser vibrometer results indicate that the resonance frequency shifting, electro-acoustic converting efficiency and vibration energy decrease is due to increasing external load. The ultrasonic defrosting experimental results indicate that ultrasonic vibration can suppress frost deposit on the fin surface. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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