{"id":106121,"date":"2026-10-05T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climacom.com\/mitsubishi-electric-developed-a-new-heat-exchanger-with-3-times-higher-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:19:01","slug":"mitsubishi-electric-developed-a-new-heat-exchanger-with-3-times-higher-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climacom.com\/en\/mitsubishi-electric-developed-a-new-heat-exchanger-with-3-times-higher-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsubishi Electric Developed New Heat Exchanger with Three Times Higher Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mitsubishi Electric announced the development of a new plate heat exchanger for heat pump\u00b9 heating and cooling equipment, achieving approximately three times the heat transfer performance\u00b3 of the company’s conventional models.<\/p>\n\n

New Refrigerant Requirements Present New Engineering Challenges<\/h2>\n\n

The transition towards carbon neutrality is driving increasingly stringent requirements for refrigerants. This is accelerating the gradual adoption of solutions using refrigerants with a lower Global Warming Potential (GWP). At the same time, focus is also placed on safety and optimizing the amount of refrigerant within the system.<\/p>\n\n

This is driving the development of heat exchanger designs capable of delivering high heat transfer performance while reducing the required refrigerant charge.<\/p>\n\n

Further improvements in heat transfer performance are constrained by the limitations of conventional heat exchanger designs. Mitsubishi Electric investigated the use of micro-offset fins\u2074 between flat plates to enhance heat transfer. Testing revealed, however, that this configuration resulted in non-uniform distribution of the refrigerant’s gas-liquid two-phase flow across the entire plate surface.<\/p>\n\n

This became one of the key engineering challenges in the development of the new heat exchanger.<\/p>\n\n

How the New Technology Works<\/h2>\n\n

To achieve a more even flow distribution, Mitsubishi Electric developed specially designed distribution channels at the refrigerant inlet and outlet.<\/p>\n\n

These channels promote uniform distribution of the refrigerant’s gas-liquid two-phase flow across the plates. The channel arrangement was optimized using Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary analysis technology, which simulates the complex flow behaviour of two-phase refrigerants between the fine fins.<\/p>\n\n

As a result, Mitsubishi Electric has achieved industry-leading\u00b2 heat transfer performance while reducing the required refrigerant charge.<\/p>\n\n

Applications Across a Wide Range of Heat Pump Systems<\/h2>\n\n

The newly developed technology has the potential to be applied across a wide range of applications, including:<\/p>\n\n