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Performance Estimation of Blended Nano-Refrigerants’ Thermodynamic Characteristics and Refrigeration Efficacy

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:18 Page:282-290
ISSN:2300-5319
Container-title:Acta Mechanica et Automatica
language:en
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Author:

Katoch Anirudh¹^ORCID,Razak Fadil Abdul¹^ORCID,Suresh Arjun¹^ORCID,Bibin Baiju S.¹^ORCID,Farina Adriana R.²^ORCID,Cirillo Luca²^ORCID,Mystkowski Arkadiusz³^ORCID,Śmierciew Kamil⁴^ORCID,Dudar Adam⁴^ORCID,Gundabattini Edison⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Mechanical Engineering , Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) , Vellore-632 014 , India

2. DII, University of Naples Federico II , P.leTecchio 80, 80125 , Napoli , Italy

3. Department of Automatic Control and Robotics , Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology , Wiejska 45D, 15-351 , Bialystok , Poland

4. Department of Thermal Engineering , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology , Wiejska 45C, 15-351 , Bialystok , Poland

5. Department of Thermal and Energy Engineering , School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) , Vellore-632 014 , India

Abstract

Abstract The use of nanoparticle-infused blended refrigerants is essential for achieving an effective sustainable system. This investigation analyses the efficiency of three nano-refrigerants (CuO-R152a, TiO2-R152a and TiO2-R113a) on the basis of the thermal performance and energy usage of the compressor using MATLAB-Simulink in the vapour compression refrigeration cycle with a two-phase flow domain. Also, nanoparticle volume concentrations of 0.1%–0.5% in the basic refrigerants are investigated. In the Simulink model, the outcomes are calculated mathematically. Using the NIST chemistry webbook, the thermo-physical characteristics of base refrigerants were calculated, and different numerical models were used to compute the characteristics of nano-enhanced refrigerants. MS Excel was used to perform the liquid–vapour interpolation. It was discovered that refrigerants with nanoparticles have superior heat-transfer properties and operate most excellently at an optimal volume fraction of 0.1% for TiO2-R152a and CuO-R152a with a coefficient of performance (COP) as 10.8. However, the other blended nano-refrigerant TiO2-R113a performed the best at 0.5% of nano-particle volume fraction with a COP value of 5.27.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/ama-2024-0031

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