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REFLEAK: NIST Leak/Recharge Simulation Model for Refrigerant Blends

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Author(s)

J S. Brown, Piotr A. Domanski, Riccardo Brignoli, Young J. Yoon

Abstract

REFLEAK simulates leak and recharge processes for refrigerant zeotropic blends. This Windows- based simulation model provides an easy-to-use package that allows estimation of composition changes of zeotropic blends in leak and recharge processes for either vapor or liquid leaks under isothermal or adiabatic conditions. All properties are calculated using the NIST Standard Reference Database 23: Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties - REFPROP, Version 10.0
Citation
Natl Std. Ref. Data Series (NIST NSRDS) - 73-2020
Report Number
73-2020
NIST Pub Series
Natl Std. Ref. Data Series (NIST NSRDS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

chemical leak, fractionation, recharge, refrigerant, thermodynamic properties, zeotropic mixtures

Citation

Brown, J. , Domanski, P. , Brignoli, R. and Yoon, Y. (2020), REFLEAK: NIST Leak/Recharge Simulation Model for Refrigerant Blends, Natl Std. Ref. Data Series (NIST NSRDS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.NSRDS.73-2020 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created May 7, 2020, Updated October 12, 2021
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