A Brief Comparison of R1234YF as an Alternative Refrigerant to R134A in Domestic Refrigerator

Authors

  • Kunal Rathee UG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, CGC Technical Campus, Jhanjeri, Mohali, Punjab, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-0561
  • Keshav Kumar UG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, CGC Technical Campus, Jhanjeri, Mohali, Punjab, India.
  • Pushpendra Densena UG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, CGC Technical Campus, Jhanjeri, Mohali, Punjab, India.
  • Arun Kumar UG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, CGC Technical Campus, Jhanjeri, Mohali, Punjab, India.
  • Kirti Prince UG Student, Mechanical Engineering Department, CGC Technical Campus, Jhanjeri, Mohali, Punjab, India.

Keywords:

Ozone Depletion Potential, Global Warming, Refrigeration, R134A, R1234YF.

Abstract

This study examines effect of R1234YF and R-134A in a domestic refrigerator under identical conditions. R11, R12 and R22 are the commonly used refrigerants but they are found to have high ODP and thus have harmful effects on the ozone layer. R134A which is found to be a suitable candidate to replace R12 and is being used as alternate refrigerant but this also has a high GWP. An energy consumption trial had been run to evaluate the performance of R1234YF as drop-in replacement of R134A in a domestic refrigerator and it was found that refrigerant R1234YF performs well which is validated with the available literature.

How to cite this article: Rathee K, Kumar K, Densena P. A Brief Comparison of R1234YF as an Alternative Refrigerant to R134A in Domestic Refrigerator. J Engr Desg Anal 2019; 2(1): 17-20.

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Published

2019-12-24

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Engineering Design and Analysis

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