| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M97664/01 |
| Title: |
EFFICIENT & ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE REFRIGERANTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Fleming, Dr J |
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| Department: |
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Strathclyde |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 August 2000 |
Ends: |
30 November 2002 |
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71,092
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The CFCs, elimiated due to their ozone depletion potential, have been replaced by HFCs which though zero in ozone depletion, are high in global warming potential, an effect made worse by the poor efficiency achieved in practice by some HFCs.The Kyoto Protocol has named the HFCs among a group of gases to be restricted. The doubt thus created concerning their longer term availability is the principla force driving the research proposed, the first objective of which is the discovery of new refrigerants which are efficient and enviroanmentally acceptable.By its nature, the search for new refrigerants requires that a large number of tests be carried out to determine the performance of trial refrigerants. Consequently, the writer has constructed a special purpose calorimeter in which COP and evaporator boiling length can be measured simultaneously. A change from one test refrigerant to another can be made quickly, thus making the exercise practical in a time window of two years or so.Associated is an investigation of the influence of oil in the evaporator, effected by measuring the mass ratio at entry. Mathematical modelling, of value to designers, is underway.
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