Improving the Performance of a Roof Top Air-Conditioning Unit By Refrigerant Circuitry Optimization

This study demonstrates the performance improvement of an air-to-air roof top unit (RTU) achieved by optimizing an evaporator’s refrigerant circuitry using evolutionary algorithms. The subject of this study is a unit with a cooling capacity of 7.5 Tons (26.4 kW). The RTU employs two separate refrigerant cycles having separate compressors, condensers, and thermostatic expansion valves (TXV) but using a single evaporator slab in which two separate refrigerant circuits are implemented.