Comparative Performance of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants

Comparative Study of Hydrocarbon Mixtures & MP-39 as Refrigerants to Retrofit CFC- 12 Based Domestic Refrigerator-Freezers

Hydrocarbon Blends and Blends of HFC-134a-HC600a as Drop In Refrigerants for Small Capacity Commercial Refrigeration Appliance - An Experimental Study

The awareness to protect the environment from the harmful effects of CFCs has motivated the refrigeration scientists and engineers to study alternative refrigerants to replace the CFCs even in the existing units. This paper presents a thermodynamic study of hydrocarbon blends (Propane/lsobutane) and blends of HFC-134a-HC-600a as a possible "drop-in" (some electrical component to be changed to m...

Comparative Exergy Analysis of Vapor Compression Refrigeration System Using Alternative Refrigerants

Abstract—In present paper, the performance of various alternative refrigerants is compared to find the substitute of R22, the widely used hydrochlorofluorocarbon refrigerant in developing countries. These include the environmentally friendly hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants such as R134A, R410A, R407C and M20. In the present study, a steady state thermodynamic model (includes both first and...

Liquid Density Modeling of Pure Refrigerants Using Four Lattice-Hole Theory Based Equations of State

The present study investigates the performance and relative accuracy of four lattice-hole theory based equations of state in modeling and correlating the liquid density of pure refrigerants. Following the gathering of a database of 5740 experimental liquid density datapoints of 36 pure refrigerants belonging to five different categories including CFCs, HCFCs, PFCs, HFCs and HFEs, ranging from 6...

Assessment of Environmentally Friendly Refrigerants for Window Air Conditioners

This paper presents technical assessment of environmentally friendly refrigerants as alternatives to R410A for window air conditioners. The alternative refrigerants that are studied for its replacement include R32, R600a, R290, R1234yf, R1234ze and a mixture of R32 (90% molar concentration) and R125 (10% molar concentration). Baseline experiments were performed on a window unit charged with R41...