“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 2024
Model Based Control Development for Heat Pump Water Heater, Zhiqiang Li, Yonghua Zhu, Yueqian Jin, Yongli Yuan, Chao Ma, and Xiaodong Yang
Comparison of Air- and Water- Coupling for Adsorption Chillers for Off-Grid Food Storage, Kristian Lockyear, Roland Crystal, Anurag Agarwal, and Srinivas Garimella
Performance Evaluation Of A Water-to-Water Heat Pump Using the New Low Global Warming Potential Mixture R1234yf/R600a (0.85/0.15) As Drop-In Replacement For R134a Refrigerant, Giulia Lombardo, Yeonwoo Jeong, Stefano Rossi, Davide Menegazzo, Michele De Carli, Laura Fedele, Sergio Bobbo, and Min Soo Kim
A Review of Modeling Approaches for Predicting Frost Growth and Frost Melting on Tube-fin Heat Exchangers, Zechao Lu, Ransisi Huang, and Jason Woods
Reduced-dimension Bayesian Optimization for Calibrating Dynamic Models of Vapor Compression Cycles, Jiacheng Ma, Donghun Kim, and James E. Braun
A Physics-Constrained Data-Driven Modeling Approach for Vapor Compression Systems, Jiacheng Ma, Hongtao Qiao, and Christopher Laughman
Monitoring Of Two Ground-Source Heat Pumps Working with R454B and R600a in a Pilot Facility, Davide Menegazzo, Giulia Lombardo, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Fedele, Michele De Carli, Sara Bordignon, Fabio Poletto, Dimitris Mendrinos, Alessandro Bortolin, and Adriana Bernardi
Development & Experimental Validation of a Generalized Resistance-Capacitance Model for Numerical Simulation of Phase-Change Material Embedded Heat Exchangers, Mylena Menezes, James Tancabel, Daniel Bacellar, and Vikrant Aute
Review of Thermal Management Systems in Electric Vehicles, Mina Michel Kamel Mikhaeel and Wulfer de Bruijn
Rapid On-site Refrigerant Leak Detection Using Reflective Infrared Laser Technology, Tomoatsu Minamida, Tomoyuki Haikawa, Kazuyuki Satou, Takeshi Abe, Tsuyoshi Hara, Satoshi Wada, Masaki Yumoto, and Takayo Ogawa
Dynamic Evaluation of Circulation Composition of Zeotropic Refrigerant in Heat Pump System with NIR Absorption Spectroscopy, Kosuke Miyawaki and Naoki Shikazono
Development And Experimental Validation Of Simplified Numerical Models For Stratified Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tanks Including Storage Mode And Adverse Feed Temperatures., Pouria Moghimi, Khaled I. Alghamdi, Christian K. Bach, and Jeffrey D. Spitler
Development Of An Underground Stratified Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tank ModelDevelopment of an underground stratified thermal energy storage tank model and performance comparisons with an above-ground tank, Pouria Moghimi, Christian K. Bach, and Jeffrey D. Spitler
Performance Comparison of Different Circuitries for the TriCoil Three-fluid Heat Exchanger, Md Zayed Mostafa, Khaled Alghamdi, Jeffrey D. Spitler, and Christian K. Bach
Microchannel Geometries for Improved Heat Transfer with Low-GWP refrigerants, Muneeshwaran Murugan, Cheng-Min Yang, Jamieson Brechtl, and Kashif Nawaz
On the Corrosion Response of Novel Heat Exchangers Manufactured by Casting of Al-Ce-Mg Alloy, Kashif Nawaz, Jamieson Brechtl, Melanie DeBusk, and Micheal Kesler
Deployment Of R290 In Heat Pump Water Heaters And Implications for Decarbonization, Kashif Nawaz, Joseph Rendall, Ahmed Elatar, and Jian Sun
High-Temperature Heat Pumps And Their Role In The Decarbonization Of Buildings And Industry, Kashif Nawaz, Pengtao Wang, Jian Sun, and Steve Kowalski
Boiling Heat Transfer and Flow Characteristics of Falling Film of HFO Refrigerant on Vertical Plate, Natsumi Numata, Daisuke Jige, and Norihiro Inoue
Performance Analysis of a Dual-Module Humidity Pump for Efficient Drying and Dehumidification, Jinwoo Oh, Andrew J. Fix, Davide Ziviani, James E. Braun, and David M. Warsinger
Computationally Efficient Property Calculation for Mixed Refrigerants Using Weighted Piecewise Polynomial Regression, Abdulmumin Olamilekan Olaoke, Baojie Mu, and Yaoyu Li
Machine Learning Based Prediction of Airflow Maldistribution in A-Type Heat Exchangers, Brian O'Malley, James Tancabel, and Vikrant Aute
Study on Oil Behavior at Branch of Suction Line in Automotive Refrigeration Cycle, Taiki Onishi, Mitsuhiro Fukuta, and Masaaki Motozawa
Dynamic Simulation Modeling and Control of a Desiccant Assisted Direct-expansion Air Handling Unit, Chao Pan, Jian Sun, Kashif Nawaz, Kai Li, and Yaoyu Li
Environmental Aspects Of HFOs And HCFOs: Atmospheric Lifetimes, Relevant Policy Metrics And Degradation Products, Dimitrios K. Papanastasiou
Test Stand For Characterization Of Microchannel Condensers Operating At Low-inlet-vapor Quality For Pumped Two-phase Cooling Loops Using Low-GWP Refrigerant, Jaewon Park, Tyler J. Schostek, Justin A. Weibel, and Davide Ziviani
Toward Virtual Product Development of the Heat Recovery VRF Heat Pump System Using an Object-Oriented, Open Platform Language, Noma Park, Jin-Min Cho, Han-Won Park, Hoon-Bong Lee, Min-Jae Kwon, Man-Soo Park, and Saikee Oh
Refrigeration System Performance Assessment for Food Processing and Storage, Andy Pearson
Evaluation of Lower GWP Refrigerant Blend for R23 And Blends Thereof in Ultra-low Temperature Refrigeration Applications, Michael Petersen, Gurudath Nayak Hebri, Steve Kujak, and Trace Lydick
A Power-Law Inductance Distribution Approach for Low-Pressure Axial Fan Blade Design, Gabriel Podgaietsky, Adriano Ronzoni, and Christian Hermes
A Comprehensive Sizing Analysis Using an Effectiveness-NTU Framework for Vacuum Membrane Dehumidification Systems, Md Ashiqur Rahman, Andrew J. Fix, Jinwoo Oh, James E. Braun, and David M. Warsinger
Investigation of a System Model on a Compact and Effiient Noel Dual-Modeule Membrane Dehumidification Heat Pump Cycle for Industrial Drying, Junyan Ren, Makena Thompson, David M. Warsinger, and Davide Ziviani
Evaluation of Leak Detection Technologies for Low Global Warming Potential (GWP), Flammable Refrigerants, Viktor Reshniak, Hongbin Sun, Praveen Cheekatamarla, Vishaldeep Sharma, and Samuel Yana Motta
Leveraging System Simulation to Support the Design of a Reversible Heat Pump, Adrien Reveillere and Zhequan Jin
Atmospheric Chemistry and Fate of Selected Refrigerants, Mark L. Robin
Development and Evaluation of a Loop Thermosiphon Heat Exchanger as Passive Replacement to Secondary Loop for Low GWP Heat Pumps, Matthew Nicholas Robinson, Scott Goedeke, Taylor Maxwell, Devin Pellicone, Morton Blatt, and Sara Beaini
Atmospheric Transformation of Refrigerants: Current Research Developments and Knowledge Gaps, Christian Mark Salvador, Federico Sinche Chele, Louise Stevenson, Fred Dolislager, Anthony Armstrong, Teresa Mathews, and Samuel Yana Motta
Performance of R32/R1234yf Blends as Potential Lower GWP Replacements for R410A in a 3 RT Rooftop Heat Pump, Kenneth Schultz, Michael Petersen, and Gurudath Nayak
COP-Based Decision Tree for Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Single-Door Refrigerating Appliances, Guilherme Senger, Alexsandro Silveira, Adriano Ronzoni, and Christian Hermes
Comparative Assessment of Operation Thermal Characteristics of Different Types of Refrigeration/Heat Pump Systems for Space Cooling/Heating, Maja Sharevska, Monika Sharevska, Yashar Hajimolana, Gerwin Hoogsteen, Johann Hurink, and Gerrit Brem
Performance of High Temperature Heat Pumps Integrated in Industrial Multi Energy Systems, Maja Sharevska, Monika Sharevska, Yashar Hajimolana, Gerwin Hoogsteen, Johann Hurink, and Gerrit Brem
Framework for Comprehensive Thermal Systems Modeling of Electrified Transport Refrigeration, Marie Shelly, Haotian Liu, Justin Weibel, and Davide Ziviani
A Simulation Study of 120V Heat Pump Water Heaters, Bo Shen, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Melanie DeBusk, Zhenning Li, and Brian Fricke
System Modeling of Frost/Defrost Cycles in Heat Pumps, Bo Shen, Yifeng Hu, and Brian Fricke
Two-Dimensional First-Principles Model for Uneven Frost Accretion in ‘No-Frost’ Evaporators, Dimitri Silva, Henrique Eberth, Carlos Richter, Diogo Da Silva, and Christian Hermes
Automated Hot-Cycle Calorimeter for Household Refrigerating Compressors with Surrounding Air and Refrigerant Inlet Temperatures at 16 and 32°C, Alexsandro Silveira, Jairo Vieira, Tiago Melo, Guilherme Senger, and Christian Hermes
Numerical Analysis Of An Off-Grid Cold Room With Latent Thermal Energy Storage For Food Preservation, Gianluca Slaviero, Dario Traverso, Franco Traverso, Marco Noro, Claudio Zilio, and Simone Mancin
Low-GWP Working Fluid Mixtures Screening for Industrial High Temperature Heat Pumps with Supply Temperature >200 °C, Jan Spale, Andreas J. Hoess, Ian H. Bell, and Davide Ziviani
Advances Concerning Hybrid Compression Refrigeration Research, Mihail-Dan Staicovici
Synergic Coupling Of Mother & Father Hybrid Compression Sub-Ambient Power (SAP) Cycles With Existing Ambient Power (AP) Cycles For Electrical Efficiency Increase, Mihail-Dan Staicovici
The Mother & Father Hybrid Compression Technology, A Possible Solution For Future Clean Energy Production, Mihail-Dan Staicovici
Calibration of Temperature-Dependent Resistance of 3D Printed Conductive Filaments for Embedded Sensing, Amanda Stone, Justin A. Weibel, and Davide Ziviani
Investigation on Condensate Temperature from Cooling Coil, Tyler Stusynski and Jian Yu
LCCP Evaluation for Air-to-Air Heat Pumps Using Next-Generation Refrigerants, Shigeharu Taira, Tomoyuki Haikawa, Seishi Iitaka, Ryoichi Takafuji, Keisuke Mitoma, Kohei Maruko, and Komei Nakajima
Thermo-Mechanical Defrosting using Multistable Heat Exchanger Fins, Aman Thakkar, Sean Peters, James E. Braun, W. Travis Horton, and Andres F. Arrieta
Indirect Air-to-Liquid Heat Exchanger Design for Refrigeration Applications, Santiago Torras, Nicolas Ablanque, Joaquim Rigola, Carles Oliet, Jordi Vera, Joan Vila, and Santiago Martinez
Generalizability of A Machine-Learning Fault Classifier Utilizing A Practical Set of Features for Rooftop Units, Md Rasel Uddin, David P. Yuill, and Robert E. Williams
Experimental Results from a 70 kW Steam-generating Butane Heat Pump Using Off-the-shelve Components, Michael Uhlmann, Leon P. M. Brendel, Cordin Arpagaus, Luiseric E. Olmedo, Jurg Schiffmann, and Stefan S. Bertsch
Design and Analysis of a Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Using a Vapor Injection Variable Speed Compressor and Economizer, Yisarai Valbuena Sanchez and Davide Ziviani
Investigation of Heat Pump Integrated Thermochemical Energy Storage for Cabin Heating of Electric Vehicles in Cold Climates, Luis Arturo Vargas-Ochoa, Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, and Brian M. Fronk
Heat Transfer Modeling in Server Refrigeration: A Transient Box Model Approach., Jordi Vera, Carles Oliet, Deniz Kizildag, Joaquim Rigola, Assensi Oliva, and Oriol Sanmarti
Transient Heat Exchanger Simulation Through 1D And 3D CFD Models, Jordi Vera, Eugenio Schillaci, Santiago Torras, Carles Oliet, and Assensi Oliva
Technology Feasibility of High-Temperature Heat Pumps for Industrial Drying Process in the US, Pengtao Wang, Steve Kowalski, Kashif Nawaz, Jian Sun, Zhiming Gao, and Cheng-Min Yang
A Study of Correlation Between Fin-Tube Braze Joint Integrity and the Thermal Performance of Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers, Yupeng Wang and Hui Zhao
Reversible Heat Pump - Organic Rankine Cycle Systems With Zeotropic Fluid Mixtures For Enhanced Performance – Experimental And Simulative Results From A Pilot Plant, Maximilian Weitzer, Martina Moderegger, Lukas Metzner, Sebastian Kolb, and Juergen Karl
Low-Charge R290 Modular Heat Pump System Using Thermal Storage, Mathilde Wirtz, Jason Woods, Ransisi Huang, Juan Catano, and Eric Kozubal
Test Rig Hydrocarbon Mixtures For Multi-Source Commercial Heat Pumps, Michael Woerdemann, Christiane Thomas, and Valerius Venzik
Simulation Study on Performance of Closed Air Source Heat Pump Drying System, Qingqing Wu
Energy-Saving Potential of a Dual-Module Humidity Pump for Residential and Commercial Air Conditioning, Songhao Wu, Anand Balaraman, Andrew Fix, Jinwoo Oh, James E. Braun, and David M. Warsinger
Performance Investigation of A Residential Air Source Heat Pump With Partial Variable Speed Electronics Driving a PSC Rotary Compressor As Single Stage, Two Stage And Variable Speed Compressor, Bin Yang and Ludovic Chretien
Thermal-hydraulic Performance Of Emerging Low GWP Refrigerant Mixture Under Flow Boiling In Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers, Cheng-Min Yang, M Muneeshwaran, Troy Seay, Vishaldeep Sharma, Praveen Cheekatamarla, and Kashif Nawaz
Performance Evaluation Of Various Configurations For Domestic Refrigerators With R-600a, Cheng-Min Yang, Bo Shen, M Muneeshwaran, Kashif Nawaz, Ernest Calvin Pickles, and Christopher Hartnett
Experimentation on Finned-Tube Microchannel Heat Exchanger Incorporating Phase Change Material and R-410A, Jangho Yang, Jan Muehlbauer, James Tancabel, Vikrant Aute, and Yunho Hwang
Compact Modeling of Compressed Air Distribution Network for Usage Forecasting and Energy Optimization, Kazuaki Yazawa, Greg Laorange, Mark Voorhis, and Ali Shakouri
Quantification of Predictive Capabilities of an Empirical Model For A Variable Speed Heat Pump System Trained With Sparse Data, Shahzad Yousaf, Craig Bradshaw, Rushikesh Kamalapurkar, and Omer San
Reduced Data Dependency in Heat Pump Performance Prediction Through Gray-box Modeling, Shahzad Yousaf, Craig Bradshaw, Rushikesh Kamalapurkar, and Omer San
Demonstration and Performance Evaluation of a Virtual Superheat Sensor, David Yuill and Seyed Ali Rooholghodos
Experimental Study on Air Friction in V-Shaped Coil Bank, Jian Yu
Effects of Refrigerant Drop-In (R32/R410) on the Performance of a Heat Pump System, Mohammad Arafat Zaman and Sophie Wang
Experimental Study of Compressor Modulation Method Effects on Heat Pump Performance, Mohammad Arafat Zaman and Sophie Wang
A Modeling Study on the R290 Leaking Assessment of Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, Mingkan Zhang, Vishaldeep Sharma, and Praveen Cheekatamarla
A Modeling Based Design of Polymer Manifolds for Heat Exchangers with Reduced Maldistribution, Mingkan Zhang, Cheng-Min Yang, Kai Li, and Kashif Nawaz
Laminar Burning Velocity in R290/R32, R290/R1234yf, and R290/HFO-1123 Binary Mixtures: Comparing Experimental Results to Mixing Rule Calculations, Zhihua Zhang, Makoto Ito, and Eiji Hihara
Validation Experiments on HFO-1123 Mixtures: Disproportionation Reaction and Its Suppression by the Internal Structure in Refrigerant Compressor, Zhihua Zhang, Hidekazu Okamoto, Makoto Ito, and Eiji Hihara
Study of Water Bridge Formation on Fin-and-tube Heat Exchangers, Haoyang Zou and Sophie Wang
Data-Driven Modeling of Microchannel Heat Exchangers Utilizing Dimensionless Numbers for Enhanced Prediction, Junjia Zou, Yi Chen, Chen Zheng, and Long Huang
Proceedings from 2022
Annual Thermal Performance Assessment for an Economized Vapor Injection System in Hot Climate, Abdullah Abdal and Ammar Bahman
Performance and Efficiency of Combined Cycle Power Plants, Momin Elhadi Abdalla, Siddharth Pannir, and Aya Mohammed Hassan Mahjob
Thermal systems Oriented Two-Phase Heat Exchanger Models. Focus on Numerical Robustness and Calibration, Nicolas Ablanque, Santiago Torras, Carles Oliet, and Joaquim Rigola
Impact of Cycle Parameters on Moisture Removal Rate of a Sorption-based Dehumidification System, Behnam Ahmadi, Masoud Ahmadi, Kashif Nawaz, Kyle Gluesenkamp, and Sajjad Bigham
Experimental Study of an Energy-efficient Sorption-based Clothes Dryer, Masoud Ahmadi, Behnam Ahmadi, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Kashif Nawaz, and Sajjad Bigham
Salt Hydrate Eutectic Mixtures for Near Ambient Thermal Energy Storage Applications, Damilola Akamo, Jason Hirschey, Tugba Turnaoglu, Tim LaClair, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Monojoy Goswami, and Orlando Rios
A Fundamental Equation of State for trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluoro-2-butene [R1336mzz(E)], Ryo Akasaka, Luke D. Simoni, and Eric W. Lemmon
Design Optimization of R744 Ejector for Compressor Oil Pumping, Md Muntasir Alam and Stefan Elbel
Utilization of Ejector for Decrease of Compressor Discharge Pressure in HVAC&R Applications, Md Muntasir Alam and Stefan Elbel
Development and Validation Of Resistance-Capacitance Model (RCM) For Phase Change Material (PCM) Embedded In 3D Periodic Structures, Tanjebul Alam, Giulia Righetti, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, and Simone Mancin
Performance Improvements in Low Temperature Blast Freezing Systems, Eric Alar, Douglas Reindl, and Gregory Nellis
Two-phase Loop Thermosiphon Coupled With Latent Heat Storage For Electronics Cooling, Björn Albertsen and Arne Speerforck
Water-Based Thermal Energy Storage for Heating and Air-Conditioning Applications in Residential Buildings: Review and Preliminary Study, Khaled Ibrahim Alghamdi, Christian K. Bach, and Jeffrey D. Spitler
1,1-Difluoroethylene Thermal Stability, Material Compatibility and Refrigerant/Lubricant Interactions Study, Rusul Al-rubaay, Christopher J. Seeton, and Robert E. Low