• A modified homogeneous relaxation model for CO2 two-phase flow in vapour ejector 

      Haida, Michal; Palacz, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Hafner, Armin; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In this study, the homogenous relaxation model (HRM) for CO2 flow in a two-phase ejector was modified in order to increase the accuracy of the numerical simulations The two- phase flow model was implemented on the effective ...
    • Experimental study of the heat transfer problem in expansion devices in CO2 refrigeration systems 

      Mastrowski, Mikolaj; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Haida, Michal; Palacz, Michal; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Two expansion devices designed for CO2 refrigeration systems namely, capillary tube and fixed-geometry ejector were experimentally tested in the SINTEF/NTNU laboratory in Trondheim, Norway to determine the influence of ...
    • HEM and HRM accuracy comparison for the simulation of CO2 expansion in two-phase ejectors for supermarket refrigeration systems 

      Palacz, Michal; Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof; Hafner, Armin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In this study, the accuracies of the homogeneous equilibrium (HEM) and homogeneous relaxation models (HRM) were compared. Both models were implemented in the ejectorPL computational tool. The HEM and HRM were used to ...
    • Modified homogeneous relaxation model for the r744 trans-critical flow in a two-phase ejector 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Palacz, Michal; Banasiak, Krzysztof; Nowak, Andrzej J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The proposed modified homogeneous relaxation model (HRM) applied to the numerical model of a CO2 two-phase ejector was numerically investigated and developed based on the optimisation of the relaxation time (RT) correlation. ...
    • Numerical investigation of heat transfer in a CO2 two-phase ejector 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Mastrowski, Mikolaj; Palacz, Michal; Madsen, Kenneth B.; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In this paper, the influence of heat transfer in the walls of an R744 two-phase ejector on ejector performance was investigated. A numerical investigation was performed using a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model of ...
    • Parallel Work of CO2 Ejectors Installed in a Multi-Ejector Module of Refrigeration System 

      Bodys, Jakub; Palacz, Michal; Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof; Hafner, Armin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      A performance analysis on of fixed ejectors installed in a multi-ejector module in a CO2 refrigeration system is presented in this study. The serial and the parallel work of four fixed-geometry units that compose the ...
    • Performance mapping of the R744 ejectors for refrigeration and air conditioning supermarket application: A hybrid reduced-order model 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Ostrowski, Zeimowit; Palacz, Michal; Madsen, Kenneth B.; Försterling, Sven; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The continuous derivation of the ambient temperature and cooling demand in CO2 refrigeration and air-conditioning systems equipped with multi-ejector modules for supermarkets requires the analysis of the fixed ejector ...
    • Performance operation of liquid ejectors for a R744 integrated multi-ejector supermarket system using a hybrid ROM 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Palacz, Michal; Ostrowski, Zeimowit; Bodys, Jakub; Kriezi, Ekaterini E.; Försterling, Sven; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Performance maps were generated for designed liquid ejectors installed in a multi-ejector module in an R744 integrated supermarket system using a hybrid of the reduced-order model (ROM). Hybrid ROMs of the investigated ...
    • Shape optimisation of a two-phase ejector for CO2 refrigeration systems 

      Palacz, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof; Hafner, Armin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The shape optimisation of four CO2 ejectors is presented in this study. The considered ejectors were originally designed for a multi-ejector supermarket CO2 refrigeration system. The objective function was formulated to ...
    • System model derivation of the CO2 two-phase ejector based on the CFD-based reduced-order model 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Ostrowski, Zeimowit; Palacz, Michal; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The developed reduced-order model (ROM) of the R744 two-phase ejector was presented in this paper. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) model was employed together with the radial basis function (RBF) to evaluate the ...
    • The R744 multi-ejector hybrid CFD and experimentally-based reduced-order model 

      Haida, Michal; Smolka, Jacek; Hafner, Armin; Palacz, Michal; Ostrowski, Zeimowit; Madsen, Kenneth B.; Försterling, Sven; Nowak, Andrzej J.; Banasiak, Krzysztof (Chapter, 2018)
      The proposed hybrid reduced-order model (HROM) of the four R744 fixed ejectors installed in the multiejector module is presented. The ejectors HROM was built by use of the proper orthogonal decomposition together with the ...