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Revival of carbon dioxide as a refrigerant.

Author(s) : LORENTZEN G.

Type of article: Article

Summary

In the present situation it seems indicated to avoid as far as possible the use in large quantities of substances which are foreign to nature and will unavoidably be lost in the biosphere. A much safer philosophy must be to revert to "natural" refrigerants, substances which are already present in our environment and are known to be harmless. One such possibility is carbon dioxide, which comes very close to the ideal working medium, provided that a process to give competitive exergy performance can be designed. The paper presents some examples of how this can be done. Possible applications in commercial refrigeration with CO2 are presented.

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  • Original title: Revival of carbon dioxide as a refrigerant.
  • Record ID : 1995-0736
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment
  • Source: H&V Eng. - vol. 66 - n. 721
  • Publication date: 1994
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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