Effect of mixture composition and hardware on the performance of a single stage JT refrigerator |
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Authors: | N Lakshmi Narasimhan G Venkatarathnam |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam 603 110, India;bRefrigeration and Airconditioning Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India |
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Abstract: | The specific refrigeration effect that can be obtained in a single stage mixed refrigerant Joule–Thomson refrigerator is strongly dependent on the composition of mixture used. Comprehensive methods have been developed over the last two decades to determine the mixture composition that results in the highest exergy efficiency or the refrigeration produced. However, what is not well known is the relationship between the mixture composition and the hardware, which ultimately decides the performance of the refrigerator. Experiments were conducted with seven different nitrogen–hydrocarbon mixtures in a single stage JT refrigerator to understand the effect of both composition and hardware on the performance of the refrigerator, the results of which are presented in this paper. |
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Keywords: | Joule&ndash Thomson refrigerator Refrigerant mixtures |
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