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Experimental Investigation OPTIMUM Charge R290
Experimental Investigation OPTIMUM Charge R290
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R22 R 290
m Binary Blend of
hydroflourocarbon or HFÿ
compounds, 50% of R32
and 50% of R125
m Boiling Point = -48.5 Aÿ
m Density = 3.0 kg/m³ gas,
1040 kg/m³ liquid
m No chlorine content, no
ozone depletion potential,
ODP = 0
m GWP = 1725
R410A
m The review and experiments has showed that R290 is
the good alternative which come close to R22 in some
aspect. The increasing use of flammable refrigerant
such as isobutene R600a in house appliances also
can be an indication of it is safe to use hydrocarbon as
a direct replacement for split air conditioning system,
but the total ? ?
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-ome manufacture only limit the charge up to 150g
and service technician must be trained in safe
handling procedure.
m The schematic diagram of split air conditioning
unit experimental setup with the total capacity of
10000 btu is as shown in Fig 1. þts consist of
indoor unit installed in control ambient room with
artificial sensible load varies from 1000 watt to
5000 watt. The air cooled condensing unit is
installed in open ambient condition. The system
using capillary tube to control the amount
refrigerant to match the system capacity.
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Fig 1
m To measure the parameters related to the
experiment, 12 temperature point (type K
temperature sensor), low pressure and high
pressure gauge are fix on the system.
m All measured data will be plotted on the PH chart
using cool pack.
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Fig 2
m During the experiment, the temperature inside the
room was maintained at 24Aÿ to 26Aÿ, which was
monitored by digital thermometer with an accuracy
± 0.5 K
m A 20 numbers of 100 watt each bulb was
connected to power supply in order to maintain the
room temperature and also as an artificial load for
the system.
m þnitially, the system was flushed with nitrogen to
eliminate impurities, moisture and other foreign
materials inside the system, which may effect the
accuracy of the experimental result.
m Next the system was evacuated until its reach 1000
micron and break the vacuum using nitrogen.
m And then evacuated the system again until its reach
500 micron and break the vacuum with nitrogen.
m The system is evacuated for the 3rd time until its reach
250 micron to ensure that the system is leakage free
and no moisture inside.
m The system is charged with R290 start with 200 g,
240 g, 260 g, 280 g, 300 g, 320 g, and 340 g.
m At the same time 20 numbers of 100 watt bulb is
on to create the load.
m On every charging process , 30 minutes time
frame is allowable for the system to stabilize and
all reading is recorded.
m þn order to reduce the experimental uncertainties,
experiments is repeated for 3 times and average
value were considered.
Experimental data obtained from the
different charge amount are as follow.
8.400
8.300
8. 00
8.100
8.000
7.900
7.800
7.700
00 0 40 60 80 300 3 0 340
ÿOP vs ÿHARGE
8.400
8.300
8.200
8.100
8.000
7.900
7.800
7.700
48.53 49.36 48.73 45.40 41.86 39.60 39.23 39.30
ÿOP vs Dþ-ÿHARGE
m Base on the chart ÿOP vs. ÿharge and chart ÿOP
vs. Discharge plotted; found that the trend of ÿOP
increasing when the charge is added until it reach
the maximum point and then gradually going
down. The maximum point on chart is the optimum
point where; the total charge by mass is optimum.
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7.93 8.01 8.3 8.27 8.26 8.24 8.24 8.24
-H V- ÿOP
m From the chart plotted; superheat vs. ÿOP the
optimum charge at 240g and its give superheat =
8.3 Aÿ
m þf we take -uperheat as checking criteria; the
normal value for superheat for an air conditioning
application is somewhere 5Aÿ to 10Aÿ, è
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m For further discussion, even the optimum charge is
found from the experiments, the evaporating
temperature found to be very high 14.6Aÿ,
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m For the result above and requirement stated show that
there is an accurate result due to system setup.
m Even the manufacturer claim that R290 is suitable as
direct replacement for R22 and R410A (in the case of
this experiment), we found that minor modification
need to be done on the system.
m -uitable capillary tube should be change and follow
with further investigation.