Search Results - "International journal of refrigeration"

Overview of low GWP mixtures for the replacement of HFC refrigerants: R134a, R404A and R410A by Heredia-Aricapa, Y., Belman-Flores, J.M., Mota-Babiloni, A., Serrano-Arellano, J., García-Pabón, Juan J.

“…The current European F-gas regulation establishes restrictions in the use of fluoride refrigerants with a high global warming potential (GWP) in applications…”
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A review of the state of the art of solid-state caloric cooling processes at room-temperature before 2019 by Greco, A., Aprea, C., Maiorino, A., Masselli, C.

“…•A state of the art of all the developed solid-state caloric prototypes was presented.•The devices were classified as magnetocaloric, electrocaloric,…”
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Analysis of lower GWP and flammable alternative refrigerants by Yang, Zhao, Feng, Biao, Ma, Haiyun, Zhang, Lei, Duan, Chenjun, Liu, Bing, Zhang, Yong, Chen, Siyi, Yang, Zongyu

“…High global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants for refrigeration and heat pump systems or organic Rankine cycle systems are being phased out because of their…”
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Energy performance evaluation of R1234yf, R1234ze(E), R600a, R290 and R152a as low-GWP R134a alternatives by Sánchez, D., Cabello, R., Llopis, R., Arauzo, I., Catalán-Gil, J., Torrella, E.

“…•A refrigerating facility was experimentally tested with five low-GWP alternatives.•The results had been compared with R134a in the same operating…”
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Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) as a large-scale storage technology for renewable energy integration – A review of investigation studies and near perspectives of LAES by Damak, Cyrine, Leducq, Denis, Hoang, Hong Minh, Negro, Daniele, Delahaye, Anthony

“…Electrical Energy Storage (EES) technologies have received considerable attention over the last decade because of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emission…”
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A review of elastocaloric cooling: Materials, cycles and system integrations by Qian, Suxin, Geng, Yunlong, Wang, Yi, Ling, Jiazhen, Hwang, Yunho, Radermacher, Reinhard, Takeuchi, Ichiro, Cui, Jun

“…•Reviewed elastocaloric cooling materials and quantitatively assessed half of them.•Discussed thermodynamic cycle options for elastocaloric cooling.•Reviewed…”
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Transcritical R744 refrigeration systems for supermarket applications: Current status and future perspectives by Gullo, Paride, Hafner, Armin, Banasiak, Krzysztof

“…•Transcritical R744 supermarket refrigeration systems are exhaustively reviewed.•Multi-ejector concept is the driving force behind their proliferation…”
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Phase change material based cold thermal energy storage: Materials, techniques and applications – A review by Veerakumar, C., Sreekumar, A.

“…•PCM based cold thermal storage is more advantageous than other techniques such as sensible and thermo-chemical storage techniques.•The heat transfer rate of…”
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Subcooling methods for CO2 refrigeration cycles: A review by Llopis, Rodrigo, Nebot-Andrés, Laura, Sánchez, Daniel, Catalán-Gil, Jesús, Cabello, Ramón

“…•Research using subcooling as way to improve CO2 refrigeration is analysed.•COP improvements up to 37.8% of CO2 base systems have been reported.•State-of-the…”
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Low GWP halocarbon refrigerants: A review of thermophysical properties by Bobbo, Sergio, Nicola, Giovanni Di, Zilio, Claudio, Brown, J. Steven, Fedele, Laura

“…•Reviewed a large number of HFOs compounds described in the publicly available literature.•State-of-the-art of experimental determined thermophysical…”
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Review of recent developments in advanced ejector technology by Elbel, Stefan, Lawrence, Neal

“…•Review of recent studies on use of ejector to recover expansion work is presented.•Recent advances made in modeling, control, and commercialization of…”
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Ultralow-temperature refrigeration systems: Configurations and refrigerants to reduce the environmental impact by Mota-Babiloni, Adrián, Mastani Joybari, Mahmood, Navarro-Esbrí, Joaquín, Mateu-Royo, Carlos, Barragán-Cervera, Ángel, Amat-Albuixech, Marta, Molés, Francisco

“…•Existing regulations do not limit GWP of refrigerants used for ULT applications.•Very low operating temperatures limit the possible low GWP…”
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Refrigerants: There is still no vision for sustainable solutions by Ciconkov, Risto

“…•The HFCs appeared on the market because of the Montreal Protocol. The bodies of the Montreal Protocol have long time ignored the climate change…”
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An overview of current status of cold chain in China by Zhao, Hongxia, Liu, Sheng, Tian, Changqing, Yan, Gang, Wang, Da

“…•An overview of the current status of cold chain in China has been conducted.•Current perishable food and frozen food production were summarized.•Research on…”
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A novel hydrogen liquefaction process based on LNG cold energy and mixed refrigerant cycle by Faramarzi, Saman, Nainiyan, Seyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Mafi, Mostafa, Ghasemiasl, Ramin

“…•A novel hydrogen liquefaction cycle using LNG cold energy and mixed refrigerant cycle is proposed.•Energy, exergy, and economic analyses are performed.•Take…”
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State-of-the-art integrated CO2 refrigeration system for supermarkets: A comparative analysis by Karampour, Mazyar, Sawalha, Samer

“…•Modifications to the standard CO2 booster system are studied.•State-of-the-art integrated CO2 system for supermarkets is defined.•The CO2 system is compared…”
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Present and future caloric refrigeration and heat-pump technologies by Kitanovski, Andrej, Plaznik, Uroš, Tomc, Urban, Poredoš, Alojz

“…In recent years, several emerging technologies in the domain of solid-state physics have been investigated as serious alternatives for future refrigeration,…”
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A review of stability, thermophysical properties and impact of using nanofluids on the performance of refrigeration systems by Yıldız, Gökhan, Ağbulut, Ümit, Gürel, Ali Etem

“…•Reviewed the experimental studies on nanoparticles-doped refrigeration systems.•Noticed many limitations for using nanoparticles in today's…”
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Analysis based on EU Regulation No 517/2014 of new HFC/HFO mixtures as alternatives of high GWP refrigerants in refrigeration and HVAC systems by Mota-Babiloni, Adrián, Navarro-Esbrí, Joaquín, Barragán-Cervera, Ángel, Molés, Francisco, Peris, Bernardo

“…The EU Regulation No 517/2014 is going to phase-out most of the refrigerants commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems (R134a, R404A and…”
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Recent investigations in HFCs substitution with lower GWP synthetic alternatives: Focus on energetic performance and environmental impact by Mota-Babiloni, Adrián, Makhnatch, Pavel, Khodabandeh, Rahmatollah

“…•More studies about lower GWP refrigerants are needed to facilitate the phase-out of HFCs.•HFO studies are mostly found in MAC and domestic refrigerators.•R32…”
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