Application of Multiphase Flow to Air Conditioning

Abstract

At present an advanced air conditioning facility having the higher efficiency in heat transportation and also reducing the cost of operation is required. However, the realization of such a facility depends on the appropriate use of multiphase flow because of the necessity of system composition. In the air conditioning field, a latent heat transportation technology has been developed by using ice as one of the working fluids. Here the current research on ice-water transportation for applying it to air conditioning is shown as a typical example of high technology using multiphase flow.