Mulroy, W.
, Kauffeld, M.
, McLinden, M.
and Didion, D.
(1988),
Experimental Evaluation of Two Refrigerant Mixtures in a Breadboard Air Conditioner, DOE (U.S. Department of Energy)/ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Heat Pump Conference, Washington, DC, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910719
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Experimental Evaluation of Two Refrigerant Mixtures in a Breadboard Air Conditioner
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W. J. Mulroy, M Kauffeld, ,
Abstract
An experimental, water-to-water, breadboard heat pump (that is one designed to be easily reconfigured) was constructed for comparison of pure R22 to the refrigerant mixtures R22/R114 and R13/R12. three evaporator configurations were extensively studied. In all cases the best mixture out performed R22. The best efficiency with R22/R114 was 32% higher and with R13/R12 was 16% higher than the best efficiency measured with R22. Other observations were, first, that mixtures take advantage of heat exchanger efficiency that, in a gliding temperature application, a pure refrigerant is incapable of utilizing. Secondly, that heat exchange between the condensed and evaporating refrigerant is beneficial to some mixed refrigerants. Finally, mixtures exhibit nonlinearity of enthalpy versus temperature in the two phase region which has significant impact on both heat exchanger and cycle design.Proceedings Title
DOE (U.S. Department of Energy)/ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Heat Pump Conference
Conference Dates
April 1, 1988
Conference Location
Washington, DC, US
Pub Type
Conferences
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Keywords
refrigerants, mixtures, air conditioning, heat pum, evalution, heat transfer, temperatre, temperature profiles, enthalpy
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Created March 31, 1988, Updated October 12, 2021