“The International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference covers a wide range of topics of interest to researchers and engineers involved in the development of technology improvements and/or assessments of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. In 2010, proceedings for this conference included 156 papers from authors all over the world. For 2012, we are soliciting papers on topics ranging from fundamental to applied, including heat transfer and fluid flow fundamentals, alternative refrigerants and working fluids, modeling of components and systems, heat exchanger enhancements and characterizations, controls, diagnostics, domestic, commercial and industrial refrigeration, heat pumps, transport refrigeration and air conditioning.”
Proceedings from 2012
Experimental Study of Explosion Limits of Refrigerants and Lubricants’ Mixture, Y.Q Shi, Guangming Chen, and Q Chen
Convective Flow Boiling of R-134a on Micro-Structured Aluminum Surfaces, Andrew D. Sommers and Kirk L. Yerkes
Latest Developments of Low Global Warming Refrigerants for Chillers, Mark W. Spatz, Ankit Sethi, and Samuel F. Yana Motta
Heat Pump Efficiency Improvement by Discharge Superheated Control, Wasan Tanawittayakorn, Paisarn Phrajunpanich, and Supot Siwapornphaisarn
Performance of a Compact Absorption Heat Pump Containing Microchannel Absorber Components, Ward E. TeGrotenhuis, Dustin D. Caldwell, Paul H. Humble, Dale A. King, and Shankar Krishnan
Compact High Efficiency Adsorption Heat Pump, Ward E. TeGrotenhuis, Paul H. Humble, and Josh B. Sweeney
Enhancement of Heat Transfer Rate in Fractional Horse Power Condensing Unit, Vamsi Krishna Tiruveedhula, Sridevi Davuluru, and Naveen Munnangi
Comparison of Earth-Air and Earth-Water Ground Tube Heat Exchangers for Residentialal Application, Christophe T’Joen, Liping Liu, and M. De Paepe
Experimental Investigations On Falling-Film Absorbers With Horizontal Tubes – A Review, Cord Tomforde and Andrea Luke
Flash Gas Bypass Method for Improving Performance of an A/C System With a Microchannel Evaporator, Hanfei Tuo and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Two-Phase Ammonia-Water Absorption in Mini-Channel Annulus, Dennis Marijn van de Bor, Catalina Vasilescu, and Carlos Infante Ferreira
Domestic Hot Water Supply for Multiple Familiy Dwellings using Heat Pumps, Bernhard Vetsch, Andreas Gschwend, and Stefan S. Bertsch
Dynamic Model for Small-Scale Ammonia-Water Absorption Chiller, Vinodh K. Viswanathan, Alexander S. Rattner, Matthew D. Determan, and Srinivas Garimella
Thermophysical Properties of Lithium Bromide + 1, 2-Propanediol Aqueous Solutions— Solubility, Density and Viscosity, Kai Wang, Omar Abdelaziz, and Edward A. Vineyard
Experimental and Theoretical Study on Condensation Heat Transfer of Nonazeotropic Refrigerant Mixtures R1234yf/R32 Inside a Horizontal Smooth Tube, Linlin Wang, Chaobin Dang, and Eiji Hihara
Low Global Warming Potential (GWP) Alternative Refrigerants Evaluation Program (Low-GWP AREP), Xudong Wang, Karim Amrane, and Phillip Johnson
COP Improvement Of A CO2 Refrigeration System With An Expander-Compressor-Unit (ECU) In Subcritical And Transcritical Operation, Mario Wenzel and Hesse Ullrich
Experimental Testing of an Organic Rankine Cycle with Scroll-Type Expander, Brandon J. Woodland, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll, and W. Travis Horton
Solid State Microchp Based On Thermophotovoltaic And Thermoelectric Conversion, William M. Worek, Christopher Brown, Rebecca Trojanowski, Thomas Butcher, and Edward Horne
Geothermal- And Solar Assisted Air Conditioning System, Jan Wrobel and Gerhard Schmitz
Measurement of Mist to Annular Flow Development in the Discharge of a Compressor, Scott S. Wujek and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Modeling Mist to Annular Flow Development in the Discharge of a Compressor, Scott S. Wujek and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Principle of Designing Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger With Smaller Tube for Air Condition, Wei Wu, Guoliang Ding, Yongxin Zheng, Yifeng Gao, and Ji Song
Thermal and Chemical Analysis of Fouling Phenomenon in Condensers for Cooling Tower Applications, Xiaoxiao Wu and Lorenzo Cremaschi
Study of R161 Refrigerant for Residential Air-conditioning Applications, Yingwen Wu, Xiangfei Liang, Xiaoping Tu, and Rong Zhuang
CFD Simulation and Experimental Study on Single Phase Dual Temperature Ejector, Yingwen Wu, Xiangfei Liang, Bo Zheng, and Rong Zhuang
Steam Driven Triple Effect Absorption Solar Cooling System, Hajime Yabase and Kazuyuki Makita
Low Global Warming Refrigerants For Commercial Refrigeration Systems, Samuel F. Yana Motta, Elizabet Vera Becerra, and Mark W. Spatz
Performance Characteristics and Optimization of a Dual-Loop Cycle for a Domestic Refrigerator-Freezer, Won Jae Yoon, Hyun Joon Chung, and Yongchan Kim
Evaluating Fault Detection and Diagnostics Protocols Applied to Air-Cooled Vapor Compression Air-Conditioners, David P. Yuill and James E. Braun
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in a Wetted Heat Exchanger, Part I: Experiments, Feini Zhang, Jessica Bock, Anthony M. Jacobi, and Hailing Wu
Life Cycle Climate Performance Model for Residential Heat Pump Systems, Ming Zhang and Jan Muehlbauer
Capillary Flow of Liquid Metal Occurring in Microchannel Heat Exchanger Fabrication, Hui Zhao, Stefan Elbel, and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Semi-Empirical Inverse Model for DX Unit Performance in Residential Buildings, Zhidan Zhao and W. Travis Horton
Developing Mist-Annular Flow of R134a/PAG 46 Oil on Inclined Tubes at Compressor Discharge, Augusto Jose Pereira Zimmermann, Predrag S. Hrnjak, and Scott S. Wujek
Measurement and Visualization of R410A Distribution in the Vertical Header of the Microchannel Heat Exchanger, Yang Zou and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Proceedings from 2010
Numerical Simulation of Capillary Tubes. Application to Domestic Refrigeration with Isobutane, Nicolas Ablanque, Joaquim Rigola, Carlos Pérez-Segarra, and Assensi Oliva
Performance of R-438A in R-22 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems, Charles C. Allgood and C. Curtis Lawson
Experimental Measurement of Oil Hold-up During Refrigerant Condensation and Evaporation in Two Phase Flow, Matthew Alonso, Emad W. Jassim, and Ty A. Newell
1-D Modeling Of Supersonic Carbon Dioxide Two-Phase Flow Through Ejector Motive Nozzle, Wojciech Angielczyk, Yann Bartosiewicz, Dariusz Butrymowicz, and Jean-Marie Seynhaeve
Experimental Studies On Porous Wick Flat Plate Heat Pipe, Mani Annamalai and Somasundaram Dhanabal
Numerical Studies On Vertical Tubular Generator In Vapour Absorption Refrigeration System, Mani Annamalai and Balamurugan Pasupathy
Experimental Simulation of a Heat Recovery Heat Pump System in Food Industries, Khattar Assaf, Assaad Zoughaib, Eugenio Sapora, Jean-Louis Peureux, and Denis Clodic
COP-Based Performance Evaluation of Domestic Refrigerators using Accelerated Flow Evaporators, Jader Barbosa, Christian Hermes, and Paulo Waltrich
HSPF determination with field-test results, Sami Barbouchi, Gilles Dejardins, Didier Roland, and Bernard Horber
Reducing The Fuel Consumption By Optimizing The Air Conditioning System, Rico Baumgart and Peter Tenberge
Experimental Comparison of the Impact of Air-Side Particulate Fouling on the Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of Microchannel and Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers, Ian H. Bell and Eckhard A. Groll
Impact of Oil Solubility and Refrigerant Flashing on the Performance of Transcritical CO2 Vapor Compression Systems with Oil Flooding and Regeneration, Ian H. Bell, Eckhard A. Groll, James E. Braun, and W. Travis Horton
Refrigeration Cycle With Ejector for Second Step Compression, Mark J. Bergander, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Kamil Smierciew, and Jaroslaw Karwacki
Innovative Method for Performance Inspections Used to Optimise Existing Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Plants, Klas Berglöf
Characterization of Friction Loss in Pelton Turbine, Yannick Beucher, Elias Voulawz Ksayer, and Denis Clodic
Transient Simulation of Household Refrigerators: A Semi-Empirical, Quasi-Steady Approach, Bruno Borges, Christian Hermes, Claudio Melo, and Goncalves Goncalves
Determination of Void Fraction in Separated Two-Phase Flows Using Optical Techniques, Chad D. Bowers and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Quantification of Refrigerant Distribution and Effectiveness in Microchannel Heat Exchangers Using Infrared Thermography, Chad D. Bowers, Scott S. Wujek, and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Critical Review of the Latest Thermodynamic and Transport Property Data and Models, and Equations of State for R-1234yf, J. Steven Brown, Claudio Zilio, and Alberto Cavallini
Ejector-Based Air Conditioner Utilizing Natural Refrigerants, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Mark J. Bergander, Kamil Smierciew, and Jaroslaw Karwacki
Solar Ejector Refrigerating And Air-Conditioning System (SERAS) Working On Zeotropic Mixtures, Dmytro Buyadgie, Sergii Nichenko, and Vitaliy Schenyh
Booster Vapor-Compression Refrigerating Systems, Dmytro Buyadgie, Vitaliy Sechenyh, and Sergii Nichenko
Experimental Analysis of a Stirling Refrigerator Employing Jet-Impingement Heat Exchanger and Nanofluids, Serdar Celik, Sainath Nageshwaran, and Karthik Bachu
Performance Characteristics and Mapping for a Variable-Speed Ductless Heat Pump, Howard Cheung and James E. Braun
Capacity and Acoustic Optimization on a Fan/Heat Exchanger Unit, Sophie Colmek
Study on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cooled with Different Types of Lubricating Oil, Chaobin Dang, Keitaro Hoshika, Eiji Hihara, and Masato Kaneko
Design and Experimental Investigation of a Small Scale Organic Rankine Cycle Using a Scroll Expander, Sebastian Declaye, Sylvain Quoilin, and Vincent Lemort
A Microscale Monolithic Absorption Heat Pump, Matthew D. Determan and Srinivas Garimella
Design, Build-up, And Performance Investigation Of A 35 kW (10 Ton) Military Environmental Control Unit Using Transcritical R744 Technology, Stefan Elbel and Pega Hrnjak
Evaluation of Cycle Performance of Room Air Conditioner Using HFO1234yf as Refrigerant, Kazuhiro Endoh, Hiroaki Matsushima, and Shoji Takaku
Energy Use of Doored and Open Vertical Refrigerated Display Cases, Brian Fricke and Bryan Becker
Computational and Thermodynamic Investigation of Condensing Injector Theory and Applications, Thomas W. Furlong, Michael F. Colarossi, Mark J. Bergander, and David P. Schmidt
Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Microchannel Heat Pump Water Heaters: Part II - System Simulation and Optimization, Christopher Goodman, Brian Fronk, and Srinivas Garimella
Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Microchannel Heat Pump Water Heaters: Part I - Validated Component Simulation Modules, Christopher Goodman, Brian Matthew Fronk, and Srinivas Garimella
Air-Side Heat Transfer Enhancement by a V-Formation Delta-Winglet Array in a Developing Channel Flow, Jing He and Anthony M. Jacobi
A Comparative Study of Traditional and Non-Traditional Polyol Ester Lubricants for Carbon Dioxide (R-744) Applications, Edward T. Hessell, Dale Carr, Richard Kelley, and Christopher Seeton
Enhancement of the Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling Air-Conditioning Systems, Yunho Hwang, Osamu Kuwabara, Jiazhen Ling, and Reinhard Radermacher
Experimental Evaluation of Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling Air-Conditioning System Integrated with Desiccant Wheel, Yunho Hwang, Osamu Kuwabara, Jiazhen Ling, and Reinhard Radermacher
Control Strategy of Vapor Injection Cycle, Yunho Hwang, Xing Xu, Reinhard Radermacher, and Hung Pham
Status And Outlook: Industrial Heat Pumps, Rainer Jakobs, Dominik Cibis, and Hans-Jürgen Laue
Thermal Performances Of Three Types Of Ground Heat Exchangers In Short-Time Period Of Operation, Jalaluddin Jalaluddin, Akio Miyara, Koutaro Tsubaki, and Kentaro Yoshida
Effects of Flash and Vapor Injection on the Air-to-Air Heat Pump System, Yonghee Jang, Eungyeol Lee, Simon Chin, and Samchul Ha
Numerical Study of Air Inside Refrigerating Compartment of Frost-free Domestic Refrigerators, Julian Jaramillo, Joaquim Rigola, Carlos Pérez-Segarra, and Carles Oliet
Prediction of Two-Phase Heat Transfer in Horizontal Multi-Port Microchannels Using Probabilistic Flow Regime Maps, Emad W. Jassim, Ty A. Newell, and Benjamin E. Newell
Performance Evaluation under the Actual Operation Condition of a Ground Source Multi-heat Pump System, Young-Man Jeong, Jaekeun Lee, Donghyuk Lee, and Inkyu Kim
A Steam Expander for a Waste Heat Recovery Cycle, Hyan Jin Kim, Hyun Jae Kim, and You Chan Kim
Dry and Wet Air-Side Performance of a Louver-Finned Heat Exchanger Having Flat Tubes, Nae-Hyun Kim, Soo-Hwan Kim, Ho-Won Byun, and Eul-Jong Lee
R744 Flow Boiling Heat Transfer With and Without Oil at Low Temperatures in 11.2 mm Horizontal Smooth Tube, Seongho Kim, Nur Pehlivanoglu, and Pega S. Hrnjak
Evaluation of a Virtual Refrigerant Charge Sensor, Woohyun Kim and James E. Braun
Impacts of Refrigerant Charge on Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Performance, Woohyun Kim and James E. Braun
Numerical Assessment of Frosting and Defrosting of ‘No-Frost’ Evaporators, Fernando Knabben, Christian Hermes, and Claudio Melo
Experimental Determination of Flow and Heat Transfer Correlations for Passive Regenerators, Stefanie Marie Knauf, Gregory Nellis, and Sanford Klein
Heat Rejection from R744 Near the Critical Point, Chieko Kondou and Pega Hrnjak
A Non-Flammable, Reduced GWP, HFC-134a Replacement in Centrifugal Chillers: DR-11, Konstantinos Kontomaris, Thomas J. Leck, and Joshua Hughes
Drop-in Experiments on Heat Pump Cycle Using HFO-1234ze(E) and Its Mixtures with HFC-32, Shigeru Koyama, Nobuo Takata, and Sho Fukuda
Performance of Air-to-Water Heat Pump Using 2 Stage Vapor Injection, Younghwan Ko, Simon Jin, Samchul Ha, and Jaekeun Lee
Optimization of Cylindrical Halbach Permanent Magnet Array Dimensions for Magnetic Refrigeration, Mehmet Handi Kural, Serdar Celik, and Sainath Nageshwaran
Refrigerants of the Methane, Etane and Propane Series: Thermal Conductivity Calculation Along the Saturation Line, Giovanni Latini and Marco Sotte
New High Performance, Low GWP Refrigerants for Stationary AC and Refrigeration, Thomas Joseph Leck
The Effect of Refrigerant Flowrate Control of Outdoor Heat Exchanger, Hanchoon Lee, Hongseong Kim, Yongcheol Sa, Saikee Oh, Baikyoung Chung, and Samchul Ha
Experimental Investigation on Condensation Performance of Brazed Type Parallel Flow Condensers, Xiangfei Liang, Shumin Xing, Huahe Lin, and Rong Zhuang
Experimental Investigation on Condensation Performance of Fin-and-Flat-Tube Heat Exchanger, Xiangfei Liang, Shumin Xing, Rong Zhuang, and Bo Zheng
Development And Performance Analysis Of A Multi-Temperature Quasi-Cascade Refrigerating System, Yuhui Liang, Hongqi Li, Di Wang, Xinte Wang, and Zhigang Zhao