Measurements on R600a refrigerators have shown electricity savings over R134a and R12 up to 20%. We propose new parameters which are functions of well known refrigerant properties. These parameters show that R600a has half the leakage, pressure loss and condenser pressure and double the heat transfer coefficient of R12 and R134a explaining the measurements. Use of R600a in small heat pumps and ...

An experimental performance study on VCR system with 100g R600a/R290 refrigerant mixture and 100g R600a (pure isobutene) as drop in replacement of R134a was conducted . continuation running tests were performed under different length of capillary for R600a/R290 & R600a. The result showed that the hydrocarbon mixture (R600a/R290) had highest COP at L=10 feet length capillary by17.35% -23.5% for ...

Results: The calculated results show that because of high system pressure for R290 and R134a, R600a is the more suitable working fluid for ORC in terms of expander size parameter, system efficiency and system pressure. In addition, R600a is also the most appropriate working fluid for VCC in terms of pressure ratio and coefficient of performance. R600 and R600a are more suitable working fluids f...

A performance analysis on a vapour compression refrigeration system with various refrigerants mixture of R152a, RE170, R600a, and R290 were done for various mixture ratios and their results were compared with R134a as possible alternative replacement. The results showed that all of the alternative refrigerants investigated in the analysis except R431A, [R 152a (29%), R290 (71%)] have a slightly...

This paper presents an analytical evaluation of isobutane (R600a), propane (R290), R134a, R22, R410A, and R32 in a vapor compression system used for comfort cooling applications. The evaluation method was based on a system simulation model that was complimented with an evolutionary computation module for the optimization of refrigerant circuitries in the evaporator and condenser. The evaluation...