Market demand and global sustainability goals are encouraging HVAC/R manufacturers to innovate with more energy-efficient and environmentally responsible systems. To meet these evolving standards, ...

Test results showed that, across optimum configurations, the reversible microchannel coils delivered performance equal to or exceeding that of comparable finned-tube coils. Frosting time was found to ...

Those small-diameter coils — with names like MicroGroove, microchannel, and micro-multichannel — have gained a beachhead in residential heating and air conditioning, and are advancing in commercial ...

Given this design freedom, Qian set out to discover a design for the hot and cold fluid channels inside a heat exchanger that would maximize heat transfer. He harnessed his expertise in topology ...

Scientists at the University of Padova in Italy have built a residential heat pump prototype that utilizes an air-finned coil heat exchanger or photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) solar collectors as the ...

Johnathan C. Brewer II is a licensed general contractor specializing in kitchen, bath remodels and general construction with two decades of professional experience. He is also the owner of Brewer ...

• MicroGroove technology is a way of reducing the size of A/C units by making them more efficient. Wei Wu, Guoliang Ding, Yongxin Zheng, Yifeng Gao, and Ji Song, “Principle of Designing Fin-And-Tube ...