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Performance analysis of nano-refrigerants used in the vapor compression refrigeration system using MATLAB-Simulink

Published:2022-02-27 Issue:12 Volume:236 Page:6948-6966
ISSN:0954-4062
Container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Author:

Katoch Anirudh¹,Razak Fadil Abdul¹,Suresh Arjun¹,BS Bibin¹,Gundabattini Edison²^ORCID

Affiliation:

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

2. Department of Thermal and Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of four nano-refrigerants (CuO-R113a, Al2O3-R134a, ZnO-R152a, and TiO2-R600a) in terms of coefficient of performance and compressor power consumption using a MATLAB-Simulink two-phase flow domain vapor compression refrigeration cycle. The analyses are done for volume concentrations of 0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5% of nanoparticles in the base-refrigerants. The results are derived mathematically in the Simulink model. The thermophysical properties of base-refrigerants were derived using the NIST chemistry webbook, and various mathematical models were applied to base-refrigerants to calculate the properties of nano-refrigerants. The interpolation of the liquid–vapor region was done using MS Excel. It was found that nano-refrigerants have better heat transfer characteristics and showed the best performance at a lower optimum concentration of 0.1%. Nano-refrigerant combinations have been tested in real-time and model validations; inferences have been duly reported.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09544062211069886

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