Mesin
Vol 20, No 2 (2005)

ANALYSIS OF USING ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS FOR ENERGY SAVING IN DESIGN FRAMEWORK OF AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM

Astina, I Made (Unknown)
Darmanto, Prihadi Setyo (Unknown)
Warsito, Warsito (Unknown)
Adryanto, Edwin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 May 2017

Abstract

Environmental issues enforce us to find environmental friendly alternative refrigerants. Increasing energy consumption as consequence of widespread usage of air-conditioning systems needs effort to find efficient systems. Use ability of alternative refrigerants and effect of modified vapor-compression cycles were investigated in this research. In figuring effects of their application on a real air-conditioning system, analysis of redesign of air-conditioning system was concerned to make clear the problem. The results confirm that a right selection of refrigerants to air-conditioning system can improve its performance. Energy saving and economical costs can be reduced significantly. Several groups of hydrocarbons (HC) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) have good thermodynamic performance and better than R-22 that will be phased out. By introducing these alternative refrigerants, carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions can be reduced due to energy saving caused by increasing of the coefficient of performance (COP).

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