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Journal : Jurnal Polimesin

Designing of Evaporator Length in Very Low Temperature Chest Freezer by using Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant R290 Sumeru, Kasni; Nugraha, Ridwan; Badarudin, Apip; Simbolon, Luga Martin; bin Sukri, Mohamad Firdaus; Yuningsih, Nani
Jurnal Polimesin Vol 21, No 5 (2023): October
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Lhokseumawe

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30811/jpl.v21i5.4103

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Chest freezers generally use R600a or R134a as working fluids. When using R600a, the minimum cabin temperature is only -10oC, whereas when using R134a, it can reach -25oC. The purpose of this study is to calculate the evaporator length of a chest freezer that uses R290 as a refrigerant so that its cabin temperature can reach below 35 oC, lower than the cabin temperature of a typical chest freezer. Calculation of the evaporator pipe length is done using the forced convection heat transfer equation to calculate the heat transfer coefficient inside the evaporator pipe and natural heat transfer to calculate the heat transfer coefficient outside the evaporator pipe.  Based on the calculations, the chest freezer has a compressor capacity of 200 W, an evaporator length of 3.57 m, and a diameter of 3/8 inch or 9.52 mm. The test results show that the temperature of the chest freezer cabin can reach -36oC in the 36th minute with a cooling capacity of 289 W, while the input power and COP are 198 watts and 1.46, respectively. Compared to R134a, the use of R290 is more advantageous. In addition to lower cabin temperatures, it is also much more environmentally friendly, because the GWP (global warming potential) value of R134a is much higher than that of R290. It means that the use of R290 as a working fluid in the chest freezer will significantly reduce emissions of gases that cause global warming.
Investigation Of Automotive Air Conditioning Using Eco-Friendly R600a As An Alternative Refrigerant To R134a Sumeru, Kasni; Arman, Muhammad; Wellid, Ismail; Simbolon, Luga Martin; Setyawan, Andriyanto; bin Sukri, Mohamad Firdaus
Jurnal Polimesin Vol 22, No 1 (2024): February
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30811/jpl.v22i1.4463

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One of the main reasons for replacing R134a with R600a is the impact of global warming. In this study, a numerical approach was applied to investigate changes in automotive air conditioning (AAC) performance due to the replacement of R134a with R600a. A thermodynamic evaluation was carried out with evaporating and condensing temperatures of 5oC and 45oC, respectively. The study simulates AAC performance at five engine rotation speeds: 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and 5000 rpms. The results show that replacing R134a with R600a reduces the cooling capacity and input power by 45.42% and 47.02%, respectively. However, due to the dominant decrease in input power as compared to the decrease in cooling capacity, the COP of AAC increases by 2.93%. Although the increment in COP is relatively small, this replacement greatly contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions that causes the problem of global warming due to the lower GWP of R600a as compared to R134a.