Wang Chuanyu,Huang Lihao,Tao Leren,et al.Experimental Research on the Heating Performance of Electric Vehicle Compressors with R290 under Low-Temperature Conditions[J].Journal of Refrigeration,
Wang Chuanyu,Huang Lihao,Tao Leren,et al.Experimental Research on the Heating Performance of Electric Vehicle Compressors with R290 under Low-Temperature Conditions[J].Journal of Refrigeration,DOI:10.12465/issn.0253-4339.20250923001.
Experimental Research on the Heating Performance of Electric Vehicle Compressors with R290 under Low-Temperature Conditions
To investigate the heating performance characteristics of R290 refrigerants in electric vehicle compressors under low-temperature conditions, a comprehensive performance testing system for electric vehicle air-conditioning compressors was established. The variation patterns of power consumption, heating capacity, isentropic/volumetric efficiency, COP, oil circulation rate, and discharge temperature of R290 compressors under low-temperature operating conditions were investigated. The results demonstrate that power consumption and heating capacity increase linearly with rotational speed, with heating capacity decreasing by 13.6%-15.3% for every 5 ℃ reduction in evaporation temperature; isentropic efficiency decreases by 6.2%-9.3% with increasing speed and is more significantly affected by evaporation temperature than by condensing temperature; volumetric efficiency initially increases and then decreases, dropping by 3.5%-4.9% for every 10 ℃ decrease in evaporation temperature and only 0.4%-1.2% for every 10 ℃ increase in condensing temperature; COP decreases with rotational speed, with reductions of approximately 0.15-0.40 and 0.25-0.45 every 5 ℃ decrease in evaporation temperature and every 10 ℃ increase in condensing temperature, respectively; oil circulation rate increases monotonically with speed, being significantly influenced by evaporation temperature while being less affected by condensing temperature; and discharge temperature rises with increasing speed, although the temperature rise induced by speed variation is considerably smaller than that caused by thermal operating condition changes. In this study, we demonstrate that R290 compressors maintain satisfactory heating performance under low-temperature conditions, while validating the feasibility of R290 as an environmentally friendly refrigerant for electric-vehicle air conditioning systems.
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