The Study on the Development of the Make-shift Heat Pump for Refugee Camp: A Case Study of Borneo State, Nigeria

Authors

  • Muhammad Izzat Nor Ma’arof Faculty of Engineering and Quantity Surveying, INTI International University, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Vinod Krishnan a/l K Arvindra Dass Faculty of Engineering and Quantity Surveying, INTI International University, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Hazran Husain Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Choo Wou Onn Faculty of Information Technology, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
  • Girma Tadesse Chala International College of Engineering and Management, Muscat, Oman

Keywords:

Heat Pump, Aluminium 3004-H19, Refrigerant, HVAC

Abstract

The poor and low temperatures living conditions in the refugee camps are noted to be one of the
contributing factors in the widespread of airborne related diseases. Hence, the introduction of heat
pump in the camps could minimize the hazard. However, in-situ repair for copper refrigerant
pipeline would be challenging due to limited resources. The objective of this paper was to study
on the plausibility of utilizing aluminium tin-cans as temporary in-situ repair for copper refrigerant
pipeline at the Nigerian refugee camps. In achieving this, a mathematical model of the pipeline
was formulated – consisting of the thermodynamic aspects, pressure drop and maximum internal
design pressure of the pipeline. The mathematical model was validated using HVAC simulation
and computational fluid dynamics simulations such as CoolPack and ANSYS.

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Published

2019-11-05

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Vol. 2019: INTI Journal

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