“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 2008
Evaporative Heat Transfer Coefficient of a HFC/HC Refrigerant Mixture Under Varied Heat Flux Condition- Low Heat Mass Flux Application, Raja Balakrishnan, Mohan Lal Dhasan, and Saravanan Rajagopal
A Study of the Air-Side Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Tube-Fin ‘No-Frost’ Evaporators, Jader R. Barbosa, Claudio Melo, and Christian J. L. Hermes
Determination of a Domestic Hot Water Annual Performance Factor of an Air to Water Heat Pump, Sami Barbouchi and Jean-Benoit Ritz
Flow-Boiling of R-134a/POE/CuO Nanofluids in a Horizontal Tube, Kristen Bartelt, Younggil Park, Liping Liu, and Anthony Jacobi
CO2 Stirling Heat Pump for Residential Use, David M. Berchowitz, Martien Janssen, and Roberto O. Pellizzari
Condensing Ejector for Second Step Compression in Refrigeration Cycles, Mark J. Bergander, David P. Schmidt, David P. Hebert, Jerzy Wojciechowski, and Mateusz Szklarz
Experiences with CO2 Supermarkets in New Zealand, Jeff Berge, Brian Rees, and Doron Shapiro
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer in Microchannel Cold Plate Evaporators for Electronics Cooling, Stefan S. Bertsch, Eckhard A. Groll, and Suresh V. Garimella
Solubility of CO2 in Commercial POE Oils with Different Standard Viscosity, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele, Francesco Pernechele, and Roman Stryjek
Experimental Analysis of Solar Refrigeration System, Sanjaykumar A. Borikar and Uday S. Wankhede
Absorption Resorption Cycle for Heat Recovery of Diesel Engines Exhaust and Jacket Heat, Said Bouazzaoui, Carlos Infante Ferreira, Jürgen Langreck, and Jan Gerritsen
Developing Two-Phase R134a Flow after an Expansion Valve in an 8.7mm Tube, Chad D. Bowers and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Assessment of C6F as Working Fluid for Organic Rankine Cycle Applications, Joost J. Brasz
Analysis of Ground Heat Exchangers for Geothermal Heat Pumps in Old Individual Houses, Odile Cauret and Pascal Dalicieux
Condensation and Vaporization of Halogenated Refrigerants Inside a Circular Minichannel, Alberto Cavallini, Stefano Bortolin, Davide Del Col, Marko Matkovic, and Luisa Rossetto
Implementation of Inverter-Driven Household Refrigerator/Freezer Using Hydrocarbon Isobutane for Refrigeration, Wenruey Chang, Tsongse Shaut, Chiangho Lin, and Kueitien Lin
New High Pressure Low-GWP Azeotropic and Near-Azeotropic Refrigerant Blends, Nicholas Cox, Victor Mazur, and Daniel Colbourne
Prediction of Cooling Heat Transfer Coefficient of Supercritical CO2 With Small Amount of Entraned Lubricating Oil Entrained by Neural Network Method, Chaobin Dang and Eiji Hihara
Numerical Simulation of a New Cooling System for Commercial Aircrafts, Karin Dietl, Jens Vasel, and Gerhard Schmitz
Development and Performance Evaluation of a Semi Indirect Evaporative Cooler, Maneesh Dubey and SPS Rajpat
Ejector Refrigeration: An Overview of Historical and Present Developments with an Emphasis on Air-Conditioning Applications, Stefan Elbel and Predrag Hrnjak
Entropy Generation Analysis and Optimum Tube Length of Two-Phase Flow Evaporator Tube, Obiora Sam Ezeora
Scroll Compressor Development for Air-Source Heat Pump Water Heater Applications, Shuichong Fan, Qiang Liu, and Shan He
Nucleate Boiling in Water for Different Pressures, Henning Feldmann and Andrea Luke
Heat Transfer Coefficient in a Packed Sphere Regenerator for Use in Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration, Michael Frischmann, Jurt Engelbrecht, Gregory Nellis, and Sandford Klein
Observation of CO2 Trans-Critical Expansion Process, Mitsuhiro Fukuta, Masashi Higasiyama, Tadashi Yanagisawa, and Yasuhiro Ogi
A Study on Engineering Application of Solar Heating System Assisted by Heat Pump, Xiufeng Gao, Guiyou Fan, Cong Luo, and Zhaolin Gu
A Model for the Analysis of Compact Heat Exchangers, Josef Ramon Garcia-Cascales, F. Vera-Garcia, J. Gonzalvez-Macia, J. M. Corberan-Salvador, M. W. Johnson, and G.t. Kohler
Experimental Verification of Electroosmotic Dehumidification with Nafion and Plaster-Silica Gel Membranes, David W. Gerlach
A Simplified Steady-State Model for Predicting the Energy Consumption of Household Refrigerators and Freezers, Joaquim M. Gonzalves, Christian J. L. Hermes, Claudio Melo, and Fernando T. Knabben
A Study on the Reduction of Throttling Losses in Automotive Air Conditioning Systems Through Expansion Work Recovery, Vitor A. Gonzalves and Jose A. R. Parise
Numerical Simulation of a Dehumidification/Humidification Performance of a Desiccant Rotor Using Pore Size Controlled Material Regenerated by Low Grade Thermal Energy, Yoshinori Hamamoto, Hideo Mori, and Fumio Matsuoka
Modeling and Design of an Indirect Air Conditioning System Operating With Low GWP Zeotropic Mixtures, Marian Hamdar, Assaad Zoughaib, and Denis F. F. Clodic
Investigation of Direct Contact Heat Exchange with Conditioned Water Sprays, Joshua Hensley and James Bryan
Running Performance of Split-Type Air Conditioning Systems Installed in School and Office Buildings in Tokyo, Toru Ichikawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Tatsuo Nobe, and Shigeki Kametani
Performance Characteristics of Ericsson's Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle, Nobumi Ino, Takayuki Kishi, and Toshio Nishio
Application of Air Curtains in Refrigerated Chambers, Julian Jaramillo, Assensi Oliva, Carlos D. Perez-Segarra, and Carles Oliet
Experimental Investigation of Local Heat Transfer of Carbon Dioxide at Super-Critical Pressures in a Vertical Tube and Multi-Port Mini-Channels Under Cooling Conditions, Peixue Jiang, Chenru Zhao, Jianqiang Deng, and Wenxing Zhang
Performance Characteristic and Optimization of a Simultaneous Heating and Cooling Multi Heat Pump, Hoon Kang, Youngju Joo, Hyenjoon Jung, and Yongchan Kim
The Effect of the Lubricating Oil Fraction Rate on the CO2 Evaporating Thermal and Hydraulic Characteristics, Masafumi Katsuta, Kyousuke Okuma, Takashi Hirade, and Naoyuki Miyachi
Analysis of Refrigerant Flow Distribution in Evaporators, Junhyeung Kim, James E. Braun, and Eckhard A. Groll
Effect of Inclination Angle on the Air-Side Performance of Aluminum Parallel Flow Heat Exchangers Under Wet Conditions, Naehyun Kim, Doyoung Kim, Yongmin Choi, Howon Byun, and Junhyun Hwang
Building Multi Air Conditioner with Higher Efficiency and Fault Detection Function, Sunghwan Kim, Saikee Oh, Byeongcheol Lee, Sanghun Lee, Byungsoon Kim, and Baikyoung Chung
Evaluation of a Virtual Refrigerant Charge Sensor, Woohyun Kim, James E. Braun, and Haorong Li
Conceptual Design of Scroll Expander-Compressor for Stirling Engine, Wooyoung Kim, Seongjun Kim, Hyunjin Kim, and Youngmin Kim
Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Micro Compressed Air Energy Storage and Air Cycle Heating and Cooling System, Youngmin Kim and Daniel Favrat
Seasonal Coefficient of Performance of Heat Pumps, Elias Kinab, Dominique Marchio, and Philippe Riviere
An Experimental Study on Void Fraction of CO2 Flow Boiling in a Horizontal Micro-fin Tube, Chieko Kondou, Ken Kuwahara, and Shigeru Koyama
An Experimental Study on Condensation of CO2 in a Horizontal Micro-fin Tube, Shigeru Koyama, Chieko Kondou, and Ken Kuwahara
An Estimation Method for the Thermal Conductivity of the Refrigerants in the Liquid State, Giovanni Latini
Condensation Heat Transfer Coefficients of HFC245fa on a Horizontal Plain Tube, Cheolhee Lee, KiJung Park, Dongsoo Jung, and Jongseong Kim
Cooling Performance of a Water-to-Refrigerant Type Ground Source Heat Pump System Installed in the Building, Donghyuk Lee, Simwon Jin, Jaekeun Lee, and Youngman Jeong
In-Situ Measurement of Absorption Rates in Horizontal-Tube Falling-Film Ammonia-Water Absorbers: Part II – Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients, Sangsoo Lee, Lalit Kumar Bohra, and Srinivas Garimella
In-Situ Measurement of Absorption Rates in Horizontal-Tube Falling-Film Ammonia-Water Absorbers: Part I – Measurement Technique, Sangsoo Lee, Lalit Kumar Bohra, and Srinivas Garimella
An Experimental Study on Oil Return of PAG and POE from an Evaporator Model for a CO2 Refrigeration System, Sungkwang Lee and Byungha Kang
Theoretical Investigation on Condensing Characteristics of Air and Oil Vapor Mixtures, Cheng Li, Junming Li, Buxuan Wang, Wenxin Xie, and Beijing Zhongyi
Development and Experimental Researches on A Multi-Connected Air-Conditioning System, Hongqi Li and Chaofu Zhang
Analysis of the Operating Characteristics of a Low Evaporation Temperature R404A Refrigeration System, Hongqi Li and Zhigang Zhao
Comparison of Two Gas Coolers in CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater, Minxia Li, Yitai Ma, and Wenjin Gong
Supermarkets, Indoor Climate and Energy Efficiency - Field Measurements Before and After Installation of Doors on Refrigerated Cases, Ulla Maria Lindberg, Monica Axell, Per Fahlaen, and Niklas Fransson
Theoretical Study on Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling Air-Conditioning System, Jiazhen Ling, Yunho Hwang, and Reinhard Radermacher
Improvement Study for Household Refrigerator/Freezer with Bottom-Mounted Freezer, Kueitien Lin and Wenruey Chang
Analysis of a Two Phase Flow Ejector For Transcritical CO2 Cycle, Fang Liu and Eckhard A. Groll
Research on the Air Conditioning Water Heater System, Fei Liu, Hu Huang, Yingjiang Ma, and Rong Zhuang
An Experimental Study on the Heat Pump Water Heater System with Refrigerant Injection, Fei Liu, Yingjiang Ma, and Rong Zhuang
An Evaporative Style for Dynamic Ice-Slurry Producing with Super-Cooled Water, Xiuwei Li and Xiaosong Zhang
First Order Multivariate Markov Chain Model for Generating Synthetic Series of Weather Data to Evaluate the Performance of Open Cycle Solar Desiccant Air Conditioning System, Yutong Li and Hongxing Yang
Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop During HC-600a (Isobutane) Condensation Inside a Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger, Giovanni A. Longo
Heat Transfer Measurements of R134a and Propane Boiling at Evaporator Tubes with Plain and Enhanced Finned Surfaces, Andrea Luke and Olaf Kruck
Mathematical Model of a Water-Water Refrigerating System, Antonio Augusto Torres Maia, Luiz Machado, and Ricardo Nicolau Nassar Koury
A Dual Siso Controller for a Vapor Compression Refrigeration System, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Thiago N. del Holanda, and Claudio Melo
Performance Evaluation of a Plug-In Refrigeration System Running Under the Simultaneous Control of Compressor Speed and Expansion Valve Opening, Jackson Braz Marcinichen, Leonardo C. Schurt, Claudio Melo, and Luis A. T. Vieira
Heat Exchangers Used in Refrigeration Circuit - Thermosyphon Modeling and Experimental Validation -, Fatma Marhoon, Peter Senior, and Peter Heggs
Experimental Studies of Transport Properties of Water Vapor Through Membranes, Jingchun Min, Xiaowei Liu, and Teng Hu
Hydrophilic Treatments of Copper Finned Tube Evaporators, Jingchun Min, Xiaomin Wu, and Frank Gao
HFO-1234yf Low GWP Refrigerant Update, Barbara Minor and Mark Spatz
Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of a Refrigerant Flowing in a Vertical Small Diameter Tube, Kazushi Miyata, Hideo Mori, Katsumi Ohishi, and Yoshinori Hamamoto
Numerical Resolution of Two-Fluid Model Equations for Condensation and Evaporation Flow in Ducts Using a Pressure Based Method, Sergio Morales, Joaquim Rigola, Carlos D. Perez-Segarra, and Assensi Oliva
Basic Air Conditioner Diagnostics Using a Simple Digital Thermostat, William E. Murphy
Analysis of Expansion Waves Appearing in the Outlets of Two-Phase Flow Nozzles, Masafumi Nakagawa, Atsushi Harada, and Menandro Serrano Berana
Shock Waves in Supersonic Two-Phase Flow of CO2 in Converging-Diverging Nozzles, Masafumi Nakagawa, Menandro Serrano Serrano, and Atsushi Harada
High Efficiency Heat Pump for Domestic Hot Water Generation, Georges Nehm, Lionel Palandre, and Denis F. Clodic
Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger Solid Core Advanced Simulation, Carles Oliet, Carlos D. Perez-Segarra, Jesus Castro, and Assensi Oliva
Analysis of Heat Pump Cycle Using CO2/DME Mixture Refrigerant, Yoji Onaka, Akio Miyara, Koutaro Tsubaki, and Shigeru Koyama
A Novel Thermal Solution for Electronics Cooling, Part I: Design of a Thermal Control Unit (TCU), Kimtiow Ooi, Yongliang Teh, Florence Pei Fan Ng, and Tiewtoon Phay
A Novel Thermal Solution for Electronics Cooling, Part II: Design of a Multi-Evaporator Refrigeration System, Kimtiow Ooi, Yongliang Teh, Florence Pei Fan Ng, and Tiewtoon Phay
Comparison of Frost and Defrost Performance Between Microchannel Coil and Fin-and-Tube Coil for Heat Pump Systems, Sankar Padhmanabhan, Lorenzo Cremaschi, Daniel E. Fisher, and John Knight
Energy Efficiency Improvement in a Water Heater with a Run-Around Heat Exchanger System, Jaesung Park and Anthony M. Jacobi
Performance of Alternative Refrigerant R430A on Refrigeration System of Water Purifiers, Kijung Park, Dongsoon Jung, Sanghyon Park, and Kyoungkee Kim
Performance of R432A to Replace HCFC22 in Residential Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Kijung Park, Cheolhee Lee, and Dongsoo Jung
Simulation of the Effects of a Non-Adiabatic Capillary Tube on Refrigeration Cycle, Sanggoon Park, Kidong Son, Jihwan Jeong, and Lyunsu Kim
Polymer-Tube-Bundle Heat Exchanger for Liquid-to-Gas Applications, Younggil Park and Anthony M. Jacobi
Investigation to Improve Efficiency of Transcritical R744 Two-Stage Vapor Compression Systems, Jeniffer Mott Peuker and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Refrigerant Mass and Oil Migration During Start-up Transient, Steffen Peuker and Predrag Hrnjak
A Study of Frost Nucleation on Flat Surfaces: Theoretical Model and Experimental Validation, Robson O. Piucco, Christian J. L. Hermes, Claudio Melo, and Jader R. Barbosa
Void Fraction Measurement in Minichannels with In-Situ Calibration, Guillermo Portillo, Timothy A. Shedd, and Kathryn H. Lehrer
Miniature Vapor Compression System, Fabrico Possamai, Dietmar E. B. Lilie, Augusto J. P. Zimmermann, and Rajiv Mongia
A New Control Approach for a Direct Expansion (DX) Air Conditioning (A/C)System with Variable Speed Compressor and Variable Speed Supply Fan, Qi Qi and Shiming Deng
Design Approach and Performance Analysis of a Small Integrated Heat Pump (IHP) for Net Zero Energy Homes (NEH), C. Keith Rice, Richard W. Murphy, and Van D. Baxter
Vapor Shear Effects on Falling-Film Mode Transitions Between Horizontal Tubes, Binglu Ruan, Anthony M. Jacobi, and Liansheng Li