A Comprehensive Review Regarding Condensation of Low-GWP Refrigerants for Some Major Alternatives of R-134a

Abhishek Kumar; Miao Ru Chen; Kuo Shu Hung; Chung Che Liu; Chi Chuan Wang

doi:10.3390/pr10091882

A Comprehensive Review Regarding Condensation of Low-GWP Refrigerants for Some Major Alternatives of R-134a

Abhishek Kumar, Miao Ru Chen, Kuo Shu Hung, Chung Che Liu, Chi Chuan Wang^*

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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In this review, the condensation HTCs (heat transfer coefficients) and pressure drop characteristics of some major low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerants alternative to R-134a such as R-1234ze(E), R-1234ze(Z), R-1234yf, R-513A, and R-450A are reviewed. The thermofluids’ characteristics inside/outside a tube, minichannel, microfin tube, and plate heat exchanger are examined. In addition, several other refrigerants attributed to low GWP are also included in the present review. The experimental/numerical/simulation results’ analysis reveals that condensation HTCs and pressure drop characteristics depend on several parameters such as thermodynamics and transport properties of the working fluid, mass flux of the refrigerants, heat flux, saturation temperature, vapor quality, flow patterns, flow conditions, orientation of the condensing geometry, and condensation geometry (shape, size, and smooth/enhanced).

Original language	English
Article number	1882
Journal	Processes
Volume	10
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10091882
State	Published - Sep 2022

Keywords

condensation HTC
low GWP
microfin tube
minichannel
plate heat exchanger
pressure drop

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