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• Advanced Serpentine Heat Exchangers
• 3 & 5mm Copper Tube Fin Heat Exchangers
• Advanced Copper Heat Exchangers

• Performance Analysis of Ejector Cycles
• Alternative Defrost Strategies
• Integrated Thermal Energy Storage

• Experimental Validation of CDF-Based Corections
• CFD-Based Airside Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlation Development

• Estimation of Lifetime CO2 Emissions of Commercial HVAC Equipment
• Evaluation of R32 for the US HVAC&R Market

• Fundamentals in Heat Transfer
• Customized Software Training
• R&D Roadmap Generation
• And More

Wind Tunnel Performance Verification

Our laboratory includes two temperature and humidity-controlled wind tunnels for the purposes of testing air-to-refrigerant heat exchangers. Testing can be provided to confirm performance data and/or to validate heat exchanger modeling assumptions using CoilDesigner® or other software. Testing can be done with hot water, chilled water, glycol or refrigerant, including A2L and A3 fluids.

Performance Verification

Our laboratory includes several environmental chambers for the purposes of testing individual components, novel technologies and full HVAC&R systems. Testing is conducted for a variety of purposes to accommodate differing research and development needs. System level testing capabilities are as follows:

• Multiple chambers available; indoor/outdoor rooms
• Chambers ranging in size from 7’ x 7’ x 7’ to 15’ x 15’ x 15'
• Up to 6-ton system capacity
• Temperature control: 20°F (-7°C) to 112°F (44°C) within +/- 2.0°F (1.0°C)
• Relative humidity control: 35% – 90%
• Testing water-based or refrigerant systems including the use of R454B, R32, CO2, propane, and other A1, A2L and A3 fluids