System Design and Analysis

Optimizing performance, selecting a low-GWP refrigerant, and minimizing system cost are critical in meeting today’s product requirements and market demands. The OTS R&D team uses a variety of tools and approaches to address system design and analysis for both steady-state and transient challenges. Our work focuses on vapor compression systems for HVAC&R applications but also includes enhancements for conventional configurations as well as not-in-kind technologies.

  • Vapor Compression System Design

    Design, simulate and analyze vapor compression systems under multiple conditions to understand the impacts on performance. Leverage modeling tools to consider alternate components and find an optimized design.

  • Designing for New Refrigerants

    Need to transition to a low-GWP solution? Use simulation to understand the impacts of refrigerant selection on system performance and consider multiple viable alternatives.

    Refrigerant Tanks
  • Novel System

    Novel System Design and Simulation

    Evaluate unconventional system designs to understand their behavior and potential to compete with the status quo. Explore component choices for prototype development and future mass production.

Representative Projects

Performance Analysis of Ejector Cycles for Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling in Air Conditioning

Alternative Defrost Strategies for Residential Heat Pumps

Integrated Thermal Energy Storage for Cooling Applications

Comparative Studies of Scroll and Rotary Compressors for US Market Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners