Technical Bulletin

Capacity in kW. Range: -40 – 10 °C.
Opening superheat sh = 4 K
SI units R134a
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°C]
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
TE 5
0.5 45
2.64 3.42 4.37 5.49 6.70 7.80
01 45 4.83 6.28 8.04 10.1 12.3 14.3
02 45 6.75 8.80 11.3 14.1 17.2 19.8
03 45 8.62 11.2 14.3 17.9 21.9 25.4
04 45 11.4 14.9 19.2 24.3 29.8 34.5
TE 12
05 45 15.0 19.0 24.0 30.0 36.7 43.2
06 45
19.0 24.3 31.0 39.1 48.5 57.5
07 45 25.2 31.7 39.9 50.1 62.1 73.9
TE 20
08 45
29.5 38.0 48.7 61.6 76.1 89.3
09 45 32.6 42.1 54.4 69.9 87.7 105
TE 55
10 45
35.1 47.5 63.1 82.6 105 128
11 45 38.6 52.1 69.4 90.6 115 140
12 45 41.4 56.0 74.7 98.1 126 153
13 45 49.8 67.8 90.9 120 154 189
Subcooling correction factor, f
sub
Subcooling [K] 2 4 10 15 20 25 30
Correction factor 0.98 1.00 1.06 1.12 1.17 1.22 1.28
Capacity in TR. Range: -40 – 50 °F.
Opening superheat sh = 7.2 °F.
US units R134a
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°F]
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
TE 5
0.5 115 0.75 1.00 1.31 1.67 2.06 2.23
01 115 1.37 1.83 2.40 3.08 3.78 4.08
02 115 1.91 2.57 3.37 4.31 5.26 5.66
03 115 2.44 3.25 4.27 5.47 6.71 7.25
04 115
3.23 4.34 5.75 7.42 9.14 9.87
TE 12
05 115 4.25 5.51 7.12 9.10 11.3 12.3
06 115
5.38 7.04 9.21 11.9 15.0 16.4
07 115
7.12 9.15 11.8 15.2 19.1 20.9
TE 20
08 115 8.34 11.1 14.5 18.8 23.4 25.4
09 115
9.19 12.2 16.2 21.3 27.1 29.8
TE 55
10 115 9.86 13.8 18.9 25.4 32.7 36.2
11 115 10.8 15.1 20.8 27.8 35.8 39.6
12 115 11.6 16.2 22.3 30.1 39.1 43.5
13 115 13.9 19.6 27.2 36.8 47.9 53.2
Distributer correction factor, f
p
SI units R134a
Pressure drop
[bar]
∆p
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
Correction factor
0 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.92 0.90 0.87
1.5 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.87 0.84 0.79
2 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.82 0.79 0.71
Calculated at 32 °C condensing temperature.
Distributer correction factor, f
p
US units R134a
Pressure drop
[psi]
∆p
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
Correction factor
0 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.86
25 0.88 0.87 0.86 0.84 0.80 0.76
30 0.86 0.85 0.83 0.81 0.75 0.70
Calculated at 90 °F condensing temperature.
Capacity in kW. Range: -40 – 10 °C.
Opening superheat sh = 4 K
SI units R134a
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°C]
Evap. temp. [°C]
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10
TE 5
0.5 55
2.56 3.32 4.27 5.41 6.72 8.06
01 55
4.68 6.09 7.84 9.95 12.4 14.8
02 55
6.52 8.54 11.0 14.0 17.3 20.6
03 55 8.34 10.8 13.8 17.5 21.8 26.1
04 55 10.9 14.3 18.5 23.7 29.6 35.7
TE 12
05 55 14.4 18.0 22.6 28.3 35.2 42.8
06 55 18.0 22.8 29.0 36.8 46.4 56.9
07 55 23.8 29.4 36.6 45.8 57.3 70.4
TE 20
08 55 28.1 35.9 45.9 58.4 73.4 89.4
09 55 30.5 38.9 49.9 64.2 82.0 102
TE 55
10 55 31.2 42.6 57.3 76.2 99.2 125
11 55 34.0 46.5 62.6 83.1 108 136
12 55
36.1 49.4 66.7 89.0 117 148
13 55 42.7 58.7 79.8 107 141 179
Capacity in TR. Range: -40 – 50 °F.
Opening superheat sh = 7.2 °F.
US units R134a
Valve
type
Orice
no.
Cond.
temp.
[°F]
Evap. temp. [°F]
-40 -20 0 20 40 50
TE 5
0.5 135 0.72 0.96 1.27 1.64 2.07 2.29
01 135 1.32 1.76 2.33 3.02 3.81 4.20
02 135
1.83 2.47 3.27 4.24 5.33 5.86
03 135
2.34 3.11 4.09 5.31 6.71 7.40
04 135 3.06 4.11 5.48 7.19 9.15 10.1
TE 12
05 135 4.05 5.16 6.63 8.51 10.8 12.0
06 135 5.04 6.53 8.50 11.1 14.3 16.0
07 135 6.67 8.37 10.6 13.7 17.5 19.6
TE 20
08 135 7.87 10.3 13.5 17.6 22.6 25.2
09 135 8.49 11.1 14.6 19.3 25.3 28.5
TE 55
10 135
8.57 12.1 16.9 23.2 30.8 35.0
11 135
9.34 13.2 18.4 25.2 33.5 38.0
12 135 9.89 14.0 19.6 27.0 36.2 41.2
13 135
11.6 16.6 23.4 32.4 43.6 49.8
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 1.27
Data sheet | Thermostatic expansion valves, type TE 5 – TE 55
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