Pages: 488-495
Date of Publication: 30-Nov--0001
Evaluation of ThermophysicalPropertiesof aMixedRefrigerantby Varying the Volumetric CompositionsforIndustrial RefrigerationApplications
Author: Ravikiran Tadepalli? KolanVikas Reddy ?? SallooriRithwikGoud??? Vishnu Saini????
Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics
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Abstract:
Duringthepast fewdecades,theconcept ofrefrigerantmixturefluidsisattracting moreresearchersinthe industrial applicationfor coolingequipment__ampersandsign#39;s.Theconcept ofmixedrefrigeranthasbecomemoreeffective whilecomparedto thebasefluids.Itismainlyusedinindustrialaswellasdomesticrefrigerants,airconditioningsystems,heatexchangers andmanymore.Inthepresentstudy, tostudythethermophysicalpropertiessuchasdensityandviscosityisusedto analyzevariouspropertiesbyconsidering 10gms ofrefrigerantmixturesuch aspropaneand ISO-butaneatdifferent compositions.Resultsare presentedforsimulations carriedoutatdifferentmassratiocompositionsvaryingwith respectto atemperaturerangeof300-350K andit isevaluatedthatvariationeffectofpressures atdifferent compositions ofarefrigerantmixture.Itisconcluded fromtheresultsthatasthetemperatureincreases,density of mixedrefrigerantincreases.Similarly, viscosityincreaseswithanincreasein temperaturefora mixed refrigerantat different compositions. Moreover,asthepressureincreases from3MPato 7MPaboth densityandviscosityincreased by 4.15%and 12.63%respectivelywhiletemperaturewaskept
Keywords: Refrigerationmixture, Coolants, Heatexchangers; Density; Viscosity
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