Performance of environmentally friendly CFC-12 replacements for refrigerator/freezers
The paper presents the capacity and energy consumption of refrigerant replacements for HFC-134a and/or CFC-12 as determined by experimental testing and analysis. Refrigerator/freezer (R/F) tests were run according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturer`s testing conditions in an environmental test chamber. The charge was optimized for each refrigerant, and the results were compared to those for HFC-134a and CFC-12. The numerical model and experiment results were compared to verify the model. The paper investigates HFC-245cb/HFC-134 and HFC-134. Computer modeling predicts that these azeotropes will perform similarly to HFC-134a, which has a higher global warming potential than any of the mixtures except HFC-245cb/HFC-134.
- Research Organization:
- Acurex Environmental Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 270205
- Report Number(s):
- PB--96-184544/XAB; CNN: Contract EPA-68-D4-0005
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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