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Title: Refrigeration systems program summary

Abstract

In addition to saving energy, deploying advanced refrigeration technologies can substantially benefit the environment. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have been identified as a major cause of potential global climate change and about 20% of the CFCs consumed by the United States are due to refrigeration systems. As the international Montreal Protocol will phase out CFC compounds no later than 2000, there is tremendous need to develop safe non-CFC refrigerants and working fluids, alternative refrigeration cycles, an non-CFC insulations for appliances. The US Department of Energy (DOE) established the Refrigeration System Program in 1977 to lead a national effort to accelerate the deployment of cost-effective and energy-efficient air-conditioning and refrigeration technologies. The program primarily conducts research and development on advanced refrigeration technologies. The program-managed by the Office of Building Technologies, which reports to DOE's Assistant Secretary for Conversation and Renewable Energy-encompasses several key activities such as investigating alternative refrigerants and refrigeration cycles, developing advanced technologies for future air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment designs, and developing advanced appliance insulations.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energetics, Inc., Columbia, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5903561
Report Number(s):
DOE/CH/10093-120
ON: DE91015024
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; HEAT PUMPS; DESIGN; INTERAGENCY COOPERATION; INDUSTRY; REFRIGERANTS; HEAT TRANSFER; REFRIGERATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; US DOE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; AIR CONDITIONING; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMMERCIAL SECTOR; RESIDENTIAL SECTOR; STIRLING CYCLE; COOLING; COOPERATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUIDS; HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES; US ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FLUIDS; 320106* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Building Equipment- (1987-)

Citation Formats

. Refrigeration systems program summary. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
. Refrigeration systems program summary. United States.
. 1991. "Refrigeration systems program summary". United States.
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