PERFORMANCE OF RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS WITH NON-AZEOTROPIC MIXTURES.

Author(s) : VAKIL H. B.

Summary

A NEW EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS WAS DESIGNED FOR A DIRECT FLOWRATE MEASUREMENT WITH MIXED REFRIGERANTS. REPRESENTATIVE TEST DATA FOR R12 AND FOR A MIXTURE OF R22-R114 WERE PRESENTED AND ANALYSED. RESULTS SHOW A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OVERALL, MECHANICAL WORK OF COMPRESSION AND THE THEORETICAL WORK FOR A REVERSIBLE, ISENTROPIC COMPRESSION. VOLUMETRIC FLOWRATES WERE WELL-CORRELATED BY A SIMPLE < CONSTANT VOLUME RE-EXPANSION > MODEL FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF REFRIGERANTS AND OPERATING CONDITIONS. FINALLY, A SIMPLE MODEL WAS OUTLINED.

Details

  • Original title: PERFORMANCE OF RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS WITH NON-AZEOTROPIC MIXTURES.
  • Record ID : 1987-1750
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986/08/04
  • Source: Source: Proc. 1986 int. Compress. Eng. Conf., Purdue Univ.
    vol. 3; 1051-1062; 2 fig.; 1 tabl.; 4 ref.
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