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CYCLE_D: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program, Version 5.1.1; User’s Guide

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Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, J S. Brown, Eric W. Lemmon

Abstract

The CYCLE_D package simulates vapor compression refrigeration cycles that use pure refrigerants or blends of refrigerants. The model can simulate a basic subcritical or transcritical refrigeration cycle, both with or without a liquid-line/suction-line heat exchanger. In addition, the model can simulate a subcritical two-stage economizer cycle, a subcritical three- stage economizer cycle, and a subcritical two-stage compression cycle with intercooling. CYCLE_D operates in a Microsoft Windows environment that facilitates evaluating the performance of selected working fluids at different operating conditions. Calculations are based on refrigerant properties as represented in the NIST Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Program – REFPROP, Version 9.1 [1].
Citation
Natl Std. Ref. Data Series (NIST NSRDS) - NIST.NSRDS.49
Report Number
NIST.NSRDS.49

Keywords

air conditioning, coefficient of performance, refrigerant, thermodynamics, vapor compression

Citation

Domanski, P. , Brown, J. and Lemmon, E. (2017), CYCLE_D: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program, Version 5.1.1; User’s Guide, Natl Std. Ref. Data Series (NIST NSRDS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.NSRDS.49-2017 (Accessed October 11, 2024)

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Created March 9, 2017, Updated November 10, 2018