Research Article

CFD Parametric Studies for Global Performance Improvement of Open Refrigerated Display Cabinets

Table 5

Thermal and temperature ratios relatively to BSC—fans velocity parametric study.

Case study
OPTv1OPTv2OPTv3OPTv4OPTv5

TEF+2.8%+3.5%+0.6 −0.4%0.9%
+12.0%+33.2%−16.3 −8.0%−13.5%
+10.4%+40.3%−18.0 −9.1%−14.1%
−0.7%−6.1%−20.3 +2.1%−9.2%
+2.1%−1.3%−4.7 +0.8%−1.8%
+12.1%−40.5%−43.4 −0.4%−26.3%
−5.0%−4.5%−7.6 −5.2%−7.6%