Experimental investigation of thermophysical properties of lubricant refrigerant mixtures

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Abstract

Due to the F-Gas Regulation and the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol, high-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants such as R134a are no longer considered viable, especially for small household appliances. Besides natural refrigerants and pure low-GWP refrigerants, refrigerant blends, which are often zeotropic, are growing in popularity as a solution to meet the combined requirements of a low environmental impact with thermodynamic efficiency. In many cases, the substitution of the refrigerant also requires a substitution of the compressor lubricant. Especially for refrigerant blends, the resulting thermophysical properties of the lubricant-refrigerant mixture are unknown and cannot easily be determined. This paper presents the experimental investigation of some important thermophysical properties for binary and ternary lubricant-refrigerant mixtures based on a POE ISO VG68 lubricant with the refrigerants R152a and carbon dioxide (R744) and their zeotropic blends.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 2021
Peer-reviewedNo

Conference

Title 6th IIR, Thermophysical properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants Conference
Abbreviated titleTPTPR2021
Conference number
Duration1 - 3 September 2021
LocationPadua
City
CountryItaly

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-3465-3152/work/142239357
ORCID /0000-0003-3031-9138/work/142240702