The Performance of Alternative Refrigerant Gas R152a as Mobile Air Conditioning Refrigerant


BİLEN K., KALKIŞIM A. T., SOLMUŞ İ.

17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES 2014), Prague, Çek Cumhuriyeti, 23 - 27 Ağustos 2014, cilt.39, ss.1801-1802 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 39
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3303/cet1439301
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Prague
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Çek Cumhuriyeti
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1801-1802
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the possible alternative replacement of R134a with R152 in the air conditioning (AC) system of an automobile has been investigated theoretically. The properties of the R152a is presented and compared with three different refrigerants (R134a, R22 and R12). At a constant condenser temperature, the effect of evaporator temperature (T-e=-20 degrees C - 0 degrees C) and compressor speed (n = 600 - 2,000 rpm) on the cooling load, the condenser heat load, compressor work, the mass flow rate of refrigerant and performance coefficient of the AC system have been examined with the help of a commercial computer program for refrigerants investigated. It was found that R152a and R134a do not lead to any significant difference on the performance of the refrigeration system. This result shows that with small modifications on the AC systems of current automobiles commonly using R134a, R-152a can be used as an alternative refrigerant since their compression ratios are almost the same.