Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00054, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : England, Andrea (Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for colleges, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les collèges, program purpose english : QBD Cooling Systems Inc. (QBD), a leading modular refrigeration and beverage cooler manufacturer, would like to optimize the_x000D_
design of their new and innovative modular beverage cooling unit by increasing the thermodynamic efficiency of their cycle, and_x000D_
thereby reducing the power consumption in their refrigeration system. It is hypothesized that a suboptimal equipment layout leads_x000D_
to the compressor overheating and system inefficiencies, hence the need to optimize the equipment layout. To achieve this, QBD_x000D_
has proposed a collaborative project with Sheridan College to complete a series of computational flow dynamics (CFD) of the_x000D_
airflow in the existing design of modular refrigeration units. The focus of the initial CFD study is on the circulation of the condenser_x000D_
airflow within the cooling deck, as well as various heat transfer mechanisms between various process equipment (compressor,_x000D_
condenser, enclosure, etc.). The proposed project provides a systematic approach to conduct these CFD studies and, more_x000D_
importantly, experimentally validate the CFD results, and ultimately implement design changes to the cooling deck design._x000D_
Moreover, a preliminary analysis on the effect of thermodynamic conditions used in the refrigeration cycle (Fig. 1) will be_x000D_
conducted. The goal of this thermodynamic analysis is to investigate potential suboptimal pressures in the evaporator (low_x000D_
pressure side) and compressor (high pressure side)., program purpose french : QBD Cooling Systems Inc. (QBD), a leading modular refrigeration and beverage cooler manufacturer, would like to optimize the_x000D_
design of their new and innovative modular beverage cooling unit by increasing the thermodynamic efficiency of their cycle, and_x000D_
thereby reducing the power consumption in their refrigeration system. It is hypothesized that a suboptimal equipment layout leads_x000D_
to the compressor overheating and system inefficiencies, hence the need to optimize the equipment layout. To achieve this, QBD_x000D_
has proposed a collaborative project with Sheridan College to complete a series of computational flow dynamics (CFD) of the_x000D_
airflow in the existing design of modular refrigeration units. The focus of the initial CFD study is on the circulation of the condenser_x000D_
airflow within the cooling deck, as well as various heat transfer mechanisms between various process equipment (compressor,_x000D_
condenser, enclosure, etc.). The proposed project provides a systematic approach to conduct these CFD studies and, more_x000D_
importantly, experimentally validate the CFD results, and ultimately implement design changes to the cooling deck design._x000D_
Moreover, a preliminary analysis on the effect of thermodynamic conditions used in the refrigeration cycle (Fig. 1) will be_x000D_
conducted. The goal of this thermodynamic analysis is to investigate potential suboptimal pressures in the evaporator (low_x000D_
pressure side) and compressor (high pressure side)., agreement title english : Simulation and Optimization of Airflow Channels and Equipment Layout in Beverage Coolers, agreement title french : Simulation and Optimization of Airflow Channels and Equipment Layout in Beverage Coolers, agreement number : CARD1, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-10-18, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada