Refrigeration Cycle Design for Refrigerant Mixtures by Molecular Simulation

0352916 - ÚCHP 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Smith, W.R. - Francová, Magda - Kowalski, M. - Nezbeda, Ivo
Refrigeration Cycle Design for Refrigerant Mixtures by Molecular Simulation.
Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. Roč. 75, č. 4 (2010), s. 383-391. ISSN 0010-0765
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA400720710
Grant - others:NSERC(CA) OGP1041
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40720504
Keywords : refrigerants * molecular simulations * vapor–liquid equilibrium
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
Impact factor: 0.853, year: 2010

This work extends our earlier study to cases when the refrigerant is a pure fluid. The mixture refrigerant simulations entail the calculation of bubble- and dew-point curves for the refrigerant mixtures, and we propose a new approach for dew-point calculations via molecular simulation. We compare results for a test case with those obtained from the Equation-of-State model used in the standard REFPROP software and with experimental data for a commercially available refrigerant mixture of R32 (CH2F2) and R143a (CH2FCF3).
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0192303