TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study of new refrigerant mixtures to replace R12 in domestic refrigerators
AU - Tashtoush, B.
AU - Tahat, M.
AU - Shudeifat, M. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to express their gratitude for JUST for the financial support of this project.
PY - 2002/4
Y1 - 2002/4
N2 - An experimental study on the replacement of R12 in domestic refrigerators by new hydrocarbon/hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant mixtures has been carried out. Parameters and factors, affecting the performance characteristics of these refrigerants, based on experimental data have been compared to those of R 12. The results show that butane/propane/R 134a mixtures provide excellent performance parameters, such as coefficient of performance of refrigerator, compression power, volumetric efficiency, condenser duty, compressor discharge pressure and temperature, relative to a 210 g charge of R 12. In addition, the results support the possibility of using butane/propane/R 134a mixtures as an alternative to R 12 in domestic refrigerators, without the necessity of changing the compressor lubricating oil used with R 12.
AB - An experimental study on the replacement of R12 in domestic refrigerators by new hydrocarbon/hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant mixtures has been carried out. Parameters and factors, affecting the performance characteristics of these refrigerants, based on experimental data have been compared to those of R 12. The results show that butane/propane/R 134a mixtures provide excellent performance parameters, such as coefficient of performance of refrigerator, compression power, volumetric efficiency, condenser duty, compressor discharge pressure and temperature, relative to a 210 g charge of R 12. In addition, the results support the possibility of using butane/propane/R 134a mixtures as an alternative to R 12 in domestic refrigerators, without the necessity of changing the compressor lubricating oil used with R 12.
KW - Domestic refrigeration
KW - Propane/butane mixtures
KW - Refrigerants
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U2 - 10.1016/S1359-4311(01)00107-7
DO - 10.1016/S1359-4311(01)00107-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036525691
SN - 1359-4311
VL - 22
SP - 495
EP - 506
JO - Applied Thermal Engineering
JF - Applied Thermal Engineering
IS - 5
ER -