Technical Bulletin

Capacity in kW. Range: -40 – 10 °C.
Opening superheat sh = 4 K
SI units R448A/R449A
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°C]
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
TE 5
0.5 45 4.07 5.34 6.79 8.42 10.2 11.8
01 45
7.45 9.80 12.5 15.5 18.7 21.7
02 45 10.4 13.8 17.6 21.9 26.2 30.0
03 45
13.0 17.1 21.9 27.2 33.0 38.3
04 45 16.9 22.7 29.4 37.1 45.3 52.6
TE 12
05 45
20.3 26.0 32.9 41.3 51.1 61.1
06 45 25.2 32.8 42.2 53.7 67.5 81.9
07 45 32.0 40.6 51.5 65.2 82.0 100
TE 20
08 45 43.6 57.6 74.5 94.7 117 139
09 45 44.9 59.4 77.8 101 129 158
TE 55
10 45 45.1 62.8 85.0 112 142 174
11 45
48.9 68.2 92.2 121 154 187
12 45 51.6 72.1 97.9 129 166 204
13 45
60.3 84.9 116 154 199 245
Capacity in kW. Range: -40 – 10 °C.
Opening superheat sh = 4 K
SI units R448A/R449A
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°C]
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
TE 5
0.5 55
3.84 5.05 6.43 7.99 9.69 11.4
01 55
7.01 9.26 11.8 14.8 17.9 21.1
02 55
9.77 13.0 16.7 20.9 25.3 29.5
03 55 12.1 16.0 20.5 25.6 31.2 36.8
04 55 15.6 21.0 27.4 34.7 42.9 50.9
TE 12
05 55 18.6 23.6 29.7 37.1 45.9 55.9
06 55 22.8 29.5 37.7 47.9 60.4 74.8
07 55 28.7 35.8 44.7 56.0 70.3 87.3
TE 20
08 55 39.4 52.0 67.1 85.3 107 129
09 55 39.7 52.1 67.7 87.6 113 142
TE 55
10 55
38.9 54.8 74.6 98.7 127 157
11 55 42.0 59.1 80.3 106 136 169
12 55
43.9 61.9 84.4 112 145 181
13 55 50.3 71.5 98.4 132 171 215
Subcooling correction factor, f
sub
Subcooling [K] 2 4 10 15 20 25 30
Correction factor 0.98 1.00 1.07 1.13 1.18 1.24 1.31
Capacity in TR. Range: -40 – 50 °F.
Opening superheat sh = 7.2 °F.
US units R448A/R449A
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°F]
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
TE 5
0.5 115 1.15 1.55 2.02 2.54 3.09 3.35
01 115
2.10 2.85 3.72 4.69 5.70 6.15
02 115 2.94 4.00 5.23 6.60 7.96 8.54
03 115
3.66 4.97 6.49 8.23 10.0 10.9
04 115 4.77 6.59 8.75 11.2 13.8 14.9
TE 12
05 115 5.70 7.50 9.74 12.5 15.7 17.3
06 115 7.07 9.47 12.5 16.3 20.8 23.1
07 115
8.99 11.7 15.2 19.7 25.2 28.1
TE 20
08 115 12.3 16.7 22.1 28.7 36.0 39.3
09 115
12.6 17.2 23.1 30.8 40.0 44.5
TE 55
10 115 12.6 18.2 25.4 34.1 44.0 48.9
11 115 13.7 19.8 27.5 36.9 47.5 52.8
12 115 14.4 20.9 29.2 39.5 51.3 57.3
13 115 16.8 24.5 34.6 47.2 61.6 68.8
Capacity in TR. Range: -40 – 50 °F.
Opening superheat sh = 7.2 °F.
US units R448A/R449A
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°F]
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
TE 5
0.5 135 1.07 1.45 1.89 2.38 2.92 3.18
01 135 1.96 2.66 3.48 4.41 5.41 5.89
02 135
2.73 3.74 4.91 6.23 7.61 8.25
03 135
3.38 4.60 6.01 7.63 9.38 10.3
04 135 4.34 6.03 8.04 10.4 13.0 14.2
TE 12
05 135 5.16 6.71 8.62 11.0 13.8 15.4
06 135 6.30 8.36 11.0 14.2 18.3 20.6
07 135 7.92 10.08 12.9 16.5 21.1 23.8
TE 20
08 135 10.9 14.79 19.6 25.4 32.2 35.8
09 135 10.9 14.73 19.6 26.0 34.2 38.8
TE 55
10 135 10.7 15.58 21.9 29.6 38.6 43.4
11 135
11.5 16.77 23.5 31.8 41.4 46.5
12 135 12.0 17.54 24.7 33.6 44.1 49.8
13 135
13.7 20.20 28.7 39.4 52.1 58.9
Distributer correction factor, f
p
* SI units R448A/R449A
Pressure drop
[bar]
∆p
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
Correction factor
0 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.94
1.5 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.90
2 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.87
* Calculated at 32 °C condensing temperature.
Distributer correction factor, f
p
*
US units R448A/R449A
Pressure drop
[psi]
∆p
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
Correction factor
0 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.94 0.94
25 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.90 0.89
30 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.90 0.88 0.87
* Calculated at 90 °F condensing temperature.
Subcooling correction factor, f
sub
Subcooling [°F] 2 7 10 20 30 40 50
Correction factor 0.97 1.00 1.02 1.08 1.15 1.21 1.28
Data sheet | Thermostatic expansion valves, type TE 5 – TE 55
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