Open AccessEnergy and environment options of working fluid alternative for different refrigeration configurations
Author(s) -
O. B. Tsvetkov,
Yu.A. Laptev,
А. А. Никитин,
В.В. Митропов,
A. V. Sharkov,
Yu A. Rakhmanov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/826/1/012017
Subject(s) - refrigerant , refrigeration , air conditioning , environmental science , working fluid , global warming potential , greenhouse gas , global warming , process engineering , heat transfer fluid , waste management , climate change , engineering , mechanical engineering , heat exchanger , ecology , biology
Hydrofluorocarbons, currently used as refrigerants, in air-conditioning systems, for high-temperature heat pump systems in industrial applications are potent greenhouse gases. Their contribution to climate change is to increase. Future use of the hydrofluorocarbons as the hydrochlorofluorocarbons will be phased down. There are very different options to replace them and only a few pure fluids possess the combination of chemical, environmental, thermodynamic, and safety properties necessary for a working fluid. Low global warming potential refrigerants are anticipated to be the refrigerants of choice in industrial applications.