A Review paper on Optimal selection of Refrigerant & Condenser Material

Mechanical engg

Today, refrigeration systems has emerged as an important necessity of industries, as well as society. Refrigeration systems has find wide applications, and so therefore, it becomes necessary to focus on the performance of these systems. Performance of refrigeration systems depend upon heat rejected at high temperatures, which is accomplished by condensers. In condensers, latent heat of the refrigerant is removed. In present research work, performance of condenser for a domestic refrigerator is targeted by using different condenser materials, and also by using different refrigerants, and heat flux and thermal gradient values are proposed for different combinations using ANSYS. The proposed materials are copper, aluminum, and aluminum 6061 alloy, and targeted refrigerants are R022, R404, R502a, and R134a, applied load is of thermal type, by considering surface temperature 313k, and bulk temperature 303k.

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