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Replacement Refrigerants for Water Chillers
Ian Maclaine-cross
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 1 (1999)
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The Montreal Protocol requires large water chillers cease using refrigerants 11, 22 and 123. Comparing thermodynamic and transport property parameters for these, 134a, 290, 601, 601a, 717 and pentaï¬uoroiodoethane avoids certain errors and biases. The parameters for R71 7 (ammonia) offer energy savings about 20%. R290 or 717 can replace 22. The pentane mixture R601 /601a [50/50] with an electronic 38% rotor speed increase can economically replace R11.
Life Cycle Testing of Hermetic Compressors With Alternatives to CFC-12
Sukumar Devotta;
Nitin N Sawant;
Shailesh N Joshi
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 1 (1999)
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Life cycle tests of hermetic compressors were conducted using a specially designed test rig that employs a gas cycle. They were conducted at an ambient temperature of 50"C and suction and discharge pressures of 2.2 bar and 18.5 bar respectively. The oil temperature was maintained between 80- I 00"C. The duration of test was 2000h.After completion of the test, the oil samples were tested for total acid number and metal contents (Cu, Fe and Al). Any chemical degradation of refrigerant sample was assessed using NMR and F T-IR spectroscopes. The wear effects of compressor parts were measured using perthography.An assessment of conventional mineral oil with CF C-12 and various grades of hydrocarbon (HC-290 and HC-600a) blends including DIN grade, CARE-30, a blend of HC-290/HC-600a from Indian sources, destenched LPG, and commercial grade LPG has been done. HFC-134a and Polyol ester oil (POE) combination has also been studied. The comprehensive test results from the above assessment and comparative ratings are presented
Performance Testing of Indonesian Hydrocarbon Refrigerants
N. P Tandian;
A Suwono;
A. D Pasek;
T Hardianto;
T. A Soelaiman;
B. T Prasetyo;
Sarwono Sarwono;
Kafi'uddin Kafi'uddin
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 1 (1999)
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In conjunction with the CFC phase out, IURC-ES ITB has been concentrating its research of HC refrigerant on 'propane natural butane' (PNB) refrigerant. The test results obtained in IURC-ES ITB during the development of the PNB refrigerant showed that PNB has better performance than PIB and CFC-12. The field tests of PNB also showed the similar results. Recently, to reconï¬rm the previous test results, the performance of PNB, PIB and CFC-I2 were compared in a series of performance tests in the LTMP Serpong. The tests also show that PNB consistently has better performance compared to PIB and CFC-12. This paper also reports the current development of PNB refrigerant in IURC-ES ITB.
Indonesian Experiences in Retrofitting of Some Milk Cooler Systems
Ari D. Pasek;
N. P Tandian;
A Suwono;
T Hardianto;
T. A Fauzi Soelaiman
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 2 (1999)
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To overcome the ozone layer depletion problem, the Indonesian government has ratified the Montreal protocol and its amendments. The import of R-12 refrigerant to Indonesia has been banned since the end of 1997. Meanwhile, most of Indonesian milk cooling units use R-12. Therefore, it is expected that these cooling units have to be switched to other refrigerant soon. Almost all of Indonesian milk cooling units belong to small or medium dairy cooperatives that cannot aflord to retroï¬t their systems to R-134a. In this research, a milk-cooling unit designed for R-12 was directly switched to propane/butane refrigerants (propane-isobutane, and propane/n-butane refrigerants) without any modiï¬cation. The performances of the milk-cooling unit operated with propane/isobutane, propane/n-butane and R-12 geï¬igerants were investigated. It was found that propane/n~bntane refligerant is the most eflicient, and followed by propane/isobutane and R-12. Results of several other milk cooling units were also reported.
ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS AND THEIR THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES RESEARCH
Koichi Watanabe;
Januarius V Widiatmo
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 2 (1999)
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The alternative refrigerants to be covered by the present paper include HFC (hydrofluorocarbon) refrigerants and their mixtures. Natural refrigerants such as hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide, and some new candidates such as HFEs (hydrofluoroethers), which all are non-ozone depleting substances. The authors aim to present an overview of the current state of the art with respect to several promising alternative refrigerants typically accepted in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industries in Japan. An emphasis will be given to the thermophysical properties research update that has signiï¬cantly contributed to accelerate an adoption of binary and/or ternary HFC blends in various engineering applications. An important international collaboration through the IEA-Annex 18 project will be stressed so as to explain how the thermophysicists worldwide did contribute to achieve a successful landmark on thermodynamic property modeling of HFC refrigerants and their mixtures. Some essential features of other alternatives, such as hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, and HFEs will also be discussed based on the general technical observations.
THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF REFRIGERATOR USING CFC 12 AND HFC 134A
Budihardjo Budihardjo
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 2 (1999)
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A market survey found ± 7 companies registered to assemble refrigerators, with annual production capacity 600,000 units (1995) using CFC 12 as a refrigerant. The Association of Indonesia Electric Appliance Manufacturers and Suppliers has decided to convert refrigerant from CFC 12 to HFC 134a by January 1998. The influence of ODS and non ODS substances in refrigerators on energy consumption has been performed. The energy consumption of a manually defrost, single door, 150 Liter typical capacity refrigerators were measured at the Refrigerator Testing Laboratory University of Indonesia based on the protocol of ISO 7371 (E) 1995 under the ambient temperature of 30 "C with relative humidity between 60 % to 75 %.The averaged energy consumption of 7 units CFC-refrigerator were between 1. 1'1 and 1.38 kWh/24h, and for the HFC 134a-refrigerators between 1.03 and 1.22 kWh/24h. The energy consumption differences were approximately between 2 to 16 %.
Performance Comparison of CFC12, HCR12 and HCR12+LFS as Refrigerants
Nila Damitri;
C Soekardi;
B. T Prasetyo;
Sarwono Sarwono;
Kafi'uddin Kafi'uddin;
A Suwono;
A. D Pasek;
N. P Tandian
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 2 (1999)
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Additional concern about warming of the global environment through the greenhouse effect has necessitated selection of compounds with shorter atmospheric lifetimes and higher energy efficiencies as substitute refligerants for Heating, Air Conditioning, and refrigerating equipment.Several substitute compounds of the hidrocarbon were identified by similarities in normal boiling points and corresponding saturated vapor pressure characteristics. Sample quantities were obtained from ITB (Two sample corresponds with CFCIZ named Hycool HCRI2 and Hycool HCR12+LFS). Performance comparisons among these refrigerants are performed utilizing Air Conditioning System test facility in Laboratory for Thermodynamics, Engines and Propulsion System (LIMP "“ BPP Teknologi). The results show that these alternatives refrigerants exhibit better performance than CFC I 2 at the predetermined operating conditions.
PENERAPAN METODE KRITERIA OPTIMUM DAN FAKTOR SKALA PADA OPTIMASI STRUKTUR RANGKA PENERAPAN METODA KRITERIA OPTIMUM DAN DENGAN KENDALA PERPINDAHAN TUNGGAL
Wahyu Kuntjoro
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 3 (1999)
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An optimization process could be performed through a priori speciï¬cation of a set of conditions to be satisfed by the optimum design. By manipulating the optimality criteria, simple redesign equations can be derived. This research looks at mathematical criteria obtained from diferentiation of Lagrangian with respect to the design variabels. In deriving the optimality criterion and developing the algorithm, ï¬ll use is made of the knowledge of the behaviour of the constraint imposed on the structure. Scale factor is applied to a design which meets the optimality criteria. "A computer program has been developed and applied to a frame structure. The design output is compared to the optirnumgdesign produced by NASIRAN Sol-200 optimization package.
APLIKASI METODE OPTIMASI STRUKTUR UNTUK MENAIKKAN KEKAKUAN PINTU AIR G2517
I Wayan Suweca;
Satryo Soemantri;
Suhariyono Suhariyono
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 3 (1999)
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During its operation, Slide-Water-Gate structure, receive an excessive vibration due to resonance effect caused by water current. To avoid this undesirable effect, in this paper we propose the application of structural optimization method to modify the initial structure. The goal of this optimization is to maximize the ï¬rst natural frequencies so that the resonance effect can be minimized and the weight of structure is remained constant. The optimization is conducted by using the ANSYS 5.4 ï¬nite element program package.
KENDALI ADAPTIF TANGGUH TERDESENSTRALISIR UNTUK MANIPULATOR ROBOT
Indrawanto Indrawanto;
J Swevers;
H. Van Brussel
Mesin Vol. 14 No. 3 (1999)
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This paper presents a robust decentralized adaptive controller for robot manipulators. The proposed controller does not require special knowledge of the robot dynamics model. Each joint of the manipulator is controlled by using an adaptive PD feedback controller and an adaptive gain acceleration feedforward. An auxiliary input is introduced to improve the convergence rate and to improve the robustness to torque disturbances and to a class of unmodelled dynamics. Lyapunov-based Model Reference Adaptive Control is used to establish the global stability of the tracking errors. Experimental results on an industrial robot are presented to verify the tracking performance of the proposed controller.