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Copeland RFT31C3U-CAA (R290 hermetic recip, 60 Hz, LT)

Compressor — R290 compressor — 2.6 kW cooling, 1.12 kW input, COP 2.27 at the AHRI 7.2/54.4 °C rating point.

A Copeland listing, from the manufacturer's published data.

Published specification

ModelCopeland RFT31C3U-CAA (R290 hermetic recip, 60 Hz, LT)
RefrigerantR290
Performance dataAHRI 540 / EN 12900 10-coefficient map
Reference superheat / subcool41.6 / 0.0 K
Cooling capacity @ 7.2/54.4 °C2.55 kW
Input power @ 7.2/54.4 °C1.12 kW
COP @ 7.2/54.4 °C2.27

The map across its envelope

AHRI 540 / EN 12900 ten-coefficient polynomials in evaporating and condensing temperature, rated at 41.6 K superheat and 0.0 K subcooling; the solver corrects them to the operating superheat and subcooling. Envelope: the manufacturer's 5-sided polygon. The mass-flow coefficient set is published too, and the solver checks it against the capacity set.

te / tc °CCapacity kWPower kWCOP
-30 / 400.790.571.40
-30 / 500.630.571.11
-20 / 401.220.691.77
-20 / 501.040.741.41
-20 / 600.810.741.10

Points on a 10 K grid inside the published envelope; the builder solves any point in it, and warns past it.

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How the model reads against this maker's data

Compressor maps converted from the vendor's own rating database4 776 mapsevery basis median within 3.2 % of the nomenclature; the vendor's polynomial substituted exactly, never refitted

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