Study and Analysis of Capillary Tube and Thermostatic Expansion valve in Domestic Refrigerator using Eco friendly Refrigerant : A Review

Authors

  • Yudhveer Kumar Verma  PG Scholar Department of Mechanical Engineering, Radharaman Institute of Technology and Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. India
  • Dr. Ajay Singh  Professor and Head Department of Mechanical Engineering, Radharaman Institute of Technology and Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. India
  • Prof. Ashish Verma  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Radharaman Institute of Technology and Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. India

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRSET196191

Keywords:

Capillary tube, Thermostatic expansion valve GWP, ODP, Alternative refrigerants, , Propane (R290), Isobutene (R600a) and Refrigerant Blends.

Abstract

The current review is concerned with the study of the effect of different expansion devices (capillary tube and Thermostatic expansion valve) on the alternative refrigerants used in the domestic refrigerators to have better performance with minimum losses. This paper give the summary and range of various refrigerants used in the refrigeration cycle of global warming which affect the environment by the use of refrigerant, and our aim is to reduce the effect of global warming as well as optimize the performance of domestic refrigerators by using the latest refrigerants and appropriate expansion devices like capillary tube and Thermostatic expansion valve. R134a is used in vapor compression refrigeration system having zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) and almost good thermodynamic properties, but it has a high Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 1300.So many researchers identifying new refrigerants and their blend which are environmental friendly and having low GWP and low ODP. Hydrocarbon refrigerants mainly propane, butane and isobutene are proposed as an environment friendly refrigerants. After reviewing the various literatures on the various expansion devices and hydrocarbons refrigerants and their mixture gives good performance in small capacity domestic refrigerator.

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Yudhveer Kumar Verma, Dr. Ajay Singh, Prof. Ashish Verma, " Study and Analysis of Capillary Tube and Thermostatic Expansion valve in Domestic Refrigerator using Eco friendly Refrigerant : A Review, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp.480-487, January-February-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET196191