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. 2020 Sep 2;6(9):e04838. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04838

Table 1.

Design background specifications.

Compartment Parameters Values/Specification
A Refrigerant R-134a (Tetrafluoroethane)
Refrigerant mass flowrate 0.001 kg/s
B Dryer temperature 50 °C
Length of dryer box 0.5 m
Width of dryer box 0.5 m
Height of dryer box 1.0 m
Heat required in the dryer 0.1659 Kw
Length of dryer hanging rod 0.5 m
Gap between dryer roof and hanger rod 0.03 m
C Cold space (evaporator box) temperature 5 °C
Length of cold space 0.5 m
Width of cold space 0.5 m
Height of cold space 0.7 m
Evaporator temperature -2 °C
Evaporator superheat temperature 5 °C
D Condenser temperature 52 °C
Condenser sub-cooled temperature 43 °C