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Title: A Comparative Study on the Environmental Impact of CO2 Supermarket Refrigeration Systems

Abstract

Supermarket refrigeration systems have high environmental impact due to their large refrigerant charge and high leak rates. Accordingly, the interest in using natural refrigerants, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), and new refrigerant blends with low GWP in such systems is increasing. In this paper, an open-source Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) framework is presented and used to compare the environmental impact of three supermarket refrigeration systems. These systems include a transcritical CO2 booster system, a cascade CO2/N-40 system, and a baseline R-404A multiplex direct expansion system. The study is performed for cities representing different climates within the USA using EnergyPlus to simulate the systems' hourly performance. Finally, a parametric analysis is performed to study the impact of annual leak rate on the systems' LCCP.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. University of Maryland, College Park
  2. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1157150
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11th IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants, Hangzhou, China, 20140831, 20140902
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Low GWP; LCCP; Supermarket Refrigeration

Citation Formats

Beshr, Mohamed, Aute, Vikrant, Sharma, Vishaldeep, Abdelaziz, Omar, Fricke, Brian A, and Radermacher, Reinhard. A Comparative Study on the Environmental Impact of CO2 Supermarket Refrigeration Systems. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Beshr, Mohamed, Aute, Vikrant, Sharma, Vishaldeep, Abdelaziz, Omar, Fricke, Brian A, & Radermacher, Reinhard. A Comparative Study on the Environmental Impact of CO2 Supermarket Refrigeration Systems. United States.
Beshr, Mohamed, Aute, Vikrant, Sharma, Vishaldeep, Abdelaziz, Omar, Fricke, Brian A, and Radermacher, Reinhard. 2014. "A Comparative Study on the Environmental Impact of CO2 Supermarket Refrigeration Systems". United States.
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author = {Beshr, Mohamed and Aute, Vikrant and Sharma, Vishaldeep and Abdelaziz, Omar and Fricke, Brian A and Radermacher, Reinhard},
abstractNote = {Supermarket refrigeration systems have high environmental impact due to their large refrigerant charge and high leak rates. Accordingly, the interest in using natural refrigerants, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), and new refrigerant blends with low GWP in such systems is increasing. In this paper, an open-source Life Cycle Climate Performance (LCCP) framework is presented and used to compare the environmental impact of three supermarket refrigeration systems. These systems include a transcritical CO2 booster system, a cascade CO2/N-40 system, and a baseline R-404A multiplex direct expansion system. The study is performed for cities representing different climates within the USA using EnergyPlus to simulate the systems' hourly performance. Finally, a parametric analysis is performed to study the impact of annual leak rate on the systems' LCCP.},
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