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 language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2021 |
Peer-reviewed | No |
Conference
Title | 6th IIR, Thermophysical properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants Conference |
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Abbreviated title | TPTPR2021 |
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Duration | 1 - 3 September 2021 |
Location | Padua |
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Country | Italy |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-3465-3152/work/142239357 |
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ORCID | /0000-0003-3031-9138/work/142240702 |