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    Direct evaporation custom coil design.



    Hi everybody,
    after a deep search in the posts, I did not find anything that fits to my problem so I will post the question directly.
    I must refrigerate a reservoir containing 2 litres of ethanol (0.52 gallons) at -40°C (-40°F) and I need (roughly taking into account the thermal leaks) 100W of refrigerating power @-40°C.
    I am willing to use R404A as refrigerant with a direct expansion in a copper tube coil immersed into the reservoir.

    I must compute the length of the coil in order to transfer all the heat I need and make sure to sufficiently superheat the vapour to eliminate the risk of liquid in the compressor.

    I tried to use the TechniSolve DXC package but, as far as I understand, only finned coils for air refrigeration are taken into account.

    Thank you all in advance.

    (Just to give an idea, I attach the cycle I am trying to implement)
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    Re: Direct evaporation custom coil design.

    Well, even a rule of thumb would be useful.

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