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Paper Title : Performance of Eco-friendly Refrigerant Mixture in Vapour Compression Refrigeration System : A Review

ISSN : 2395-1303
Year of Publication : 2021
10.29126/23951303/IJET-V7I5P15

Authors: Piyush Khanduja and Swati Chaugaonkar

         


Abstract
The present refrigeration and cooling businesses are moving towards chlorine and fluorine-free working liquids, as chlorine is one of the significant causative specialists for ozone layer consumption and fluorine is responsible for an Earth-wide temperature rise. R12, for the most part, acknowledged and more appropriate refrigerant for vapour compression refrigeration framework was eliminated by 1996 in created nations and must be eliminated by 2010 in agricultural nations because of its high ozone exhaustion potential and a dangerous atmospheric warming potential. R134a has been proposed as option of R12 in vapour compression refrigeration frameworks. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are more secure to ozone layer however it has high an Earth-wide temperature rise potential. Thus, the creation and utilization of R134a will be ended sooner rather than later. A huge number of refrigeration frameworks, heat pumps and climate control systems all around the world working with R12 and R134a must be retrofitted reasonably in case of the above phase out. This has inspired me to examine the exhibition of vapour compression refrigeration framework with a portion of the accessible climate amicable liquids as substitutes for R12 and R134a. Hydrocarbon refrigerants like propane, butane, isobutane, or different hydrocarbons are proposed as elective refrigerants to R12 and R134a because they have zero ODP and low GWP. They can't be utilized as immediate substitutes. Yet, on the off chance that a few hydrocarbons are blended, the combination, known as non-azeotropic refrigerant combinations (NARMS) can have properties like those of R12 and R134a

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Keywords
-Hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant, GWP, ODP, Alternative refrigerants, Hydrocarbon refrigerants, Propane (R290), Isobutane (R600a).