VAPOR COMPRESSION HEAT PUMPS WITH REFRIGERANT MIXTURES

Amidst tightening requirements for eliminating CFC's, HCFC's, halons, and HFC's from use in air conditioning and heat pumps, the search began for replacements that are environmentally benign, non-flammable, and similar to the banned refrigerants in system-level behavior. Although refrigerant mixtures have long been used in commercial products to improve environmental impact, there are few resources available that address the use of fluid mixtures in vapor compression systems. Vapor Compression Heat Pumps with Refrigerant Mixtures provides a comprehensive background and thorough discussion of the thermodynamics of working fluid mixtures and their applications. It covers the fundamentals of various refrigeration cycles as well as a basic background in the thermodynamics related to these mixtures. It also provides important data on heat transfer and pressure drop correlations as well as critical operational issues related to refrigerant mixtures.