Flammable Refrigerant Charge Limits: Can or Should These Limits Be Higher?

Abu-Heiba, Ahmad; Patel, Viral K.; Baxter, Van D.; Abdelaziz, Omar; Elatar, Ahmed F.

Title: Flammable Refrigerant Charge Limits: Can or Should These Limits Be Higher?

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A workshop was held to discuss different aspects of the application of flammable refrigerants in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. The participants included stakeholders from industry, regulatory bodies, and the scientific community. The goal was to solicit feedback on the critical scientific, regulatory and practical issues for safe employment of flammable refrigerants in heating, ventilation, air- conditioning and refrigeration equipment. This paper reports on the outcome of the workshop and presents review of relevant past studies when available. The reported outcome may serve well as a guide to further research needed as adoption of flammable refrigerants increases.

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1459281

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ASHRAE Journal

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0001-2491

Publisher:: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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                    Abu-Heiba, Ahmad, Patel, Viral K., Baxter, Van D., Abdelaziz, Omar, and Elatar, Ahmed F. Flammable Refrigerant Charge Limits: Can or Should These Limits Be Higher?.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Abu-Heiba, Ahmad, Patel, Viral K., Baxter, Van D., Abdelaziz, Omar, and Elatar, Ahmed F. Sun .  
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  title        = {Flammable Refrigerant Charge Limits: Can or Should These Limits Be Higher?},

  author       = {Abu-Heiba, Ahmad and Patel, Viral K. and Baxter, Van D. and Abdelaziz, Omar and Elatar, Ahmed F.},

  abstractNote = {A workshop was held to discuss different aspects of the application of flammable refrigerants in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. The participants included stakeholders from industry, regulatory bodies, and the scientific community. The goal was to solicit feedback on the critical scientific, regulatory and practical issues for safe employment of flammable refrigerants in heating, ventilation, air- conditioning and refrigeration equipment. This paper reports on the outcome of the workshop and presents review of relevant past studies when available. The reported outcome may serve well as a guide to further research needed as adoption of flammable refrigerants increases.},

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