This analysis principally focuses on the implementation of Radial basis function (RBF) and back propagation (BPA) algorithms for training artificial neural network (ANN) to get the optimum mixture of Hydro fluorocarbon (HFC) and organic compound (Hydrocarbons) for obtaining higher coefficient of Performances (COPs). The thermodynamical properties of mixed refrigerants are observed using REFPROP...

This study proposes the use of product design in the development of new refrigerants. Product design involves the use of consumer preference functions as described by Bagajewicz (2007). Consumer preference functions relate the satisfaction of consumers to different refrigerants based on their properties. The properties examined in this study were toxicity, flammability, explosion potential, glo...

The ongoing global effort to replace current refrigerants with zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and virtually zero Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerants has important implications for heat exchangers, air conditioning system design, and the materials choices in these designs. Natural refrigerants with higher flammability, CO2, HFOs, and HFC – HFO blends each place different requiremen...

refrigerants that are used in refrigeration systems, cause environmental difficulties such as depletion of ozone layer and greenhouse effect. thus, we must find substitutes for such refrigerants, in this paper, the effect of refrigerant on the thermodynamics performance of refrigeration cycles are studied. to do this, a refrigerator that has designed for r12, is simulated. results show that pur...

In designing of condensers, the prediction of pressure drop is as important as the prediction of heat transfer coefficient. Modeling of two phase flow, particularly liquid – vapor flow under diabatic conditions inside a horizontal tube using CFD analysis is difficult with the available two phase models in FLUENT due to continuously changing flow patterns. In the present analysis, CFD analysis o...

This paper demonstrates the capabilities of the PFGC-MES equation of state (EOS) for calculating the thermodynamic properties in the superheated region for pure refrigerants. In addition the ability of this EOS is also tested for predicting the VLE behavior of binary mixtures. For pure compounds several properties in the superheated region are predicted. The calculated results and the experimen...

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...

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...

The use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) has been widely restricted. They have been replaced with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in order to protect the ozone layer. However, the leakage of refrigerant into air from active or end-of-life air conditioners has been a serious environmental issue owing to the high global warming potential (GWP) of HFCs. It has therefore...

A certain percentage of the vapor compression based refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems continue to run on halogenated refrigerants due to its excellent thermodynamic and thermo-physical properties along with the low cost. However, the halogenated refrigerants have adverse environmental impacts such as ozone layer depletion potential and global warming. Hence, it is necessary ...