Effect of different refrigerants on vapor compression refrigeration system-A review

  Bhavesh A Kondhalkar,  Suprabhat A Mohod,  Manoj Dhawade

The refrigeration technology has quickly become popular in society, because of its wide range of applications. The term refrigeration refers to cooling of particular space or substance below the atmospheric temperature. Refrigeration system basically involves evaporation of liquid refrigerant by absorption of latent heat from its surrounding in order to produce the required cooling effect. One of the most important applications of refrigeration has been the preservation of perishable food products by storing them at low temperature. Different refrigeration systems are; vapor compression, steam-jet or steam-ejector, vapor absorption and air refrigeration system. the most commonly used method of cooling is with vapor compression cycle(VCC) because it is fairly easy to construct a cooling device employing this method and the cost is low. A VCC consist of a liquid refrigerant as a working medium which undergoes phase changes. There are different refrigerants used from last few decades depending upon their requirements. This paper epitomizes effects of different refrigerants on VCC and their performance and analysis have been reviewed. the main purpose is not only to provide an equivalent for any refrigerant but it has to be considered that it also abate the rate of harmful emissions due to leakages in refrigerating components. Some refrigerant mixtures can be blended with conventionally used refrigerants like R12 and R22 as possible alternative replacements. With the use of some refrigerants environmental impact of ozone layer depletion and global warming can be reduced to great extend.

Keywords- Refrigeration, Evaporation, Refrigerant, Cooling, Compression, Absorption, Emission

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1602059
Page Number(s) - 329-335
Pubished in - Volume 4 | Issue 2 | April 2016
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Bhavesh A Kondhalkar,  Suprabhat A Mohod,  Manoj Dhawade,   "Effect of different refrigerants on vapor compression refrigeration system-A review", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.4, Issue 2, pp.329-335, April 2016, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1602059.pdf