“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 2022
Effect Of Heat Exchanger Size On Subcooling Control In Residential Air Conditioning Systems, Bruno Yuji Kimura de Carvalho and Pega Hrnjak
Evaluation Of Subcooling Control In Residential Heat Pumps Through Experimental And Model Analysis, Bruno Yuji Kimura de Carvalho and Pega Hrnjak
Development of a Remote Refrigerant Leakage Detection System for VRFs and Chillers, Shunsuke Kimura, Michio Moriwaki, Manabu Yoshimi, Shohei Yamada, Takeshi Hikawa, and Shinichi Kasahara
A Platform-Based Product Family Design Method Using Standardized Models with Physical Similarity Law and Its Application to Room Air Conditioners, Takashi Kobayashi, Shingo Hamada, Naoki Nakagawa, Hajime Ikeda, Hironori Hattori, Takuya Kodama, Xingfa Zhou, Yun Lu, and Hironori Nagai
Effect of Metal Foam Integration on The Thermal Regulation Performance of Salt Hydrate-Based Heat Sink, Amr Mohamed Kotb and Sophie Wang
Experimental Investigation of Additively Manufactured Microchannel Evaporator Performance Using Low-GWP Refrigerants Compared to Conventional Air Cooling in Electronics Cooling, Theresa Kramer, Kevin Lemberg, Riley B. Barta, Mario Raddatz, and Ullrich Hesse
Optimal Operating Temperatures for a Variable-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage System, Patrick Edward Krane, Davide Ziviani, James Braun, Neera Jain, and Amy Marconnet
Chemical Stability Investigations of Low GWP Refrigerants R-1234ze(E), R-450A, R-515B, R-1234yf, R-513A and R-516A with Lubricants with Lubricants., Stephen Kujak, Morgan Herried-Leehey, and Cameron Robaczewski
Chemical Stability Investigations of Low GWP Refrigerants R-454B, R-454C, R-455A, R-468A, R-466A with Lubricants, Stephen Kujak, Morgan Herried-Leehey, and Cameron Robaczewski
Chemical Stability Investigations of Ultra-Low GWP Refrigerants R-1336mzz(Z), R-1336mzz(E), R-514A, R-1233zd(E), and R-1224yd(Z) with Lubricants, Stephen Kujak, Morgan Herried-Leehey, and Cameron Robaczewski
Performance Analysis of a Novel Ejector-assisted Non-cascading Compression-absorption-resorption Refrigeration System, Anil Kumar and Anish Modi
Field Performance Of Domestic Heat Pumps For Heating And Hot Water In Switzerland – Insights And Analysis, Ralph Robert Kuster, Manuel Prinzing, Matthias Berthold, Mick Eschmann, and Stefan Bertsch
On the Pressure Drop of Various Hydraulic Pipes Including 90-Degree Bends and T-Shape Manifolds: 1-D and 3-D Analyses, Hyun Jin Kwon, Yeong Jun Yun, Se-Myong Chang, and Yong Cho
Effect Of Pressure Convection On The Energy Separation In Air Vortex Tube: Dimensional Analysis And Numerical Investigation, Junior Lagrandeur, Sergio Croquer, and Sébastien Poncet
Differential Mass Evacuation Sampling Method for Measuring Refrigerant Charge in Round Tube Plate Fin Heat Exchangers (ASHRAE RP-1785), Abraham J Lee, Christian K Bach, and Craig R Bradshaw
Surface Tension, Oil Level and Density Measurement of Oil/Refrigerant Mixture by Maximum Bubble Pressure Method, Guanting Lee, Mitsuhiro Fukuta, Masaaki Motozawa, Ryota Kimura, and Ryo Tsujita
Development Of Novel Hybrid Battery Thermal Management System Coupling With Phase Change Material Under Fast Charging Conditions, Seunghoon Lee and Hoseong Lee
Dynamic Modeling and Validation of a Triple-Evaporator Domestic Refrigerator/Freezer with R-600a, Changkuan Liang, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll, and Davide Ziviani
Study of Heat Reclaim Application of CO2 Booster System in Low Temperature Environment, Daqing Li and Suresh Shivashankar
Experimental Evaluation of Separation Efficiency in the Intermediate Header of a MC Condenser, Jun Li and Pega Hrnjak
Extraction as a Way to Improve the Performance of Microchannel Condensers Using R134a, Jun Li and Pega Hrnjak
Material Compatibility of 3D Printed Polymer Composites with Low GWP Refrigerants, Kai Li, Tyler Smith, Samuel Yana Motta, Mingkan Zhang, Amit Naskar, and Kashif Nawaz
A Neural-network Approach to Develop Algebraic Correlations for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Lingnan Lin, Lei Gao, Yunho Hwang, and Mark A. Kedzierski
Development and Validation of an Accumulator Liquid-Level Estimator to Enable Zero-Superheat and Active Charge Control in Vapor-Compression Systems, Haopeng Liu and Jie Cai
Simulation of a PCM Integrated Heat Pump Using Time-of-Use Utility Structure based Control Strategy for Demand Response, Zhenning Li, Juan Catano, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Bo Shen, Tim LaClair, Rob Comparin, and Drew Welch
Hybrid Heat Pump Controls: Conventional Dual Fuel versus Seamlessly Fuel Flexible Heat Pump, Zhenning Li, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Bo Shen, Jeffrey Munk, Helia Zandi, Praveen Cheekatamarla, and Steve Kowalski
A Universal Refrigerant Charge Fault Detection and Diagnostics Method Based on Pump Down Operation, Zhenning Li, Drew Welch, Bo Shen, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Brian Butler, and Stuart Morgan
Critical Analysis of Replacements for R410A in Heat Pump Applications, Zhenning Li, Samuel Fortunato Yana Motta, Bo Shen, Brian Fricke, and Hanlong Wan
Modelling and Simulation of the Impact of Soft Faults in a Reversible Air-to-water Propane Heat Pump, Emilio Llopis-Mengual, Emilio Navarro-Peris, Francisco Barcelo-Ruescas, and Jose Miguel Corberan
Charging And Recovery Techniques For Low GWP Refrigerant Blends, Monika MacNeill, Christopher John Seeton, and Robert Elliott Low
Thermophysical Property Measurements Of A Novel R-744 Blend For Heat Pump Applications, Monika MacNeill, Clare Mary Skae, Robert Elliott Low, Christopher John Seeton, David Grundy, and Christian Ihmels
Feasibility of High Yield Biomass Fuel for Regenerative Gas Turbine Power Plants in Sudan, Aya Mohammed Hassan Mahjob, Siddharth Pannir, and Momin Elhadi Abdalla
Experimental Study on Condensation Heat Transfer of R454B inside Small Diameter Microfin Tube, Afdhal Kurniawan Mainil, Hakimatul Ubudiyah, Naoki Sakamoto, Keishi Kariya, and Akio Miyara
Dynamic Modeling of Air Source Heat Pumps under Reverse-cycle Defrosting, Jiacheng Ma, Donghun Kim, and James E. Braun
Improving Robustness of Transient Heat Exchanger Models with Non-uniform Frost Formation, Jiacheng Ma, Donghun Kim, and James E. Braun
A Methodology for Mapping the Performance of Air-to-Air Heat Recovery Ventilators using Laboratory Tests, Jie Ma, W. Travis Horton, and James E. Braun
Innovative Organic Thermal Energy Storage for Building Heating, Simone Mancin, Claudio Zilio, and Domenico Feo
Thermodynamic Analysis of a Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump Integrating a Vortex Tube, Ahmed Mansour, Sébastien Poncet, and Hakim Nesreddine
Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid Air Conditioning System Based on Transcritical CO2 Cycle, Sobiya Maqbool and Ramgopal Maddali
Multi-Objective Optimization of a Vapor Compression Portable Cooler, Diego Marchi, Vitor Alves, and Christian Hermes
A Review Of The Effects And Mitigation Of Frost With Focus On Air-Source Heat Pump Applications, Amirarsalan Mashhadian, Tauseef Ismail, Christian K. Bach, and Aaron Alexander
Approximate Calculation Of On-off Vapor Refrigeration Cycle Efficiency Through A Pseudo-stationary Models, Vinicius A. Matsuda, Eduardo Postingel Falcetti, Cristiano Bigonha Tibiriça, and Luben Cabezas Gomes
Thermo-economic Design and Optimization of Cooling Systems Employed in Cruise Ship, Alfonso William Mauro, Giovanni Napoli, Francesco Pelella, and Luca Viscito
Introduction to ASHRAE 205 – A New Standard for HVAC&R Performance Maps, Ralph Muehleisen, Charles S. Barnaby, Neal Kruis, and Timothy P. McDowell
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Atomizing Electrospray Nozzles on the Cooling and Reduced Humidification of Air., Gerard Muteba and Lorenzo Cremaschi
Experimental Studies on a Bubble Absorber with Swirl Entry of Refrigerant Vapour, Mani A Narasimha Reddy Sanikommu and Shaligram Tiwari
Advanced Copper Heat Exchangers from Low-Cost Additive Manufacturing Techniques, Dennis Michael Nasuta, Austin Halota, Angelina Zhao, and Max Mzhen
3 and 5mm Copper Tube Fin Heat Exchangers: Continued Testing and Frost Developing Characteristics, Dennis Michael Nasuta, Song Li, and Regina Hong
Propane As Working Fluid For Heat Pump Water Heaters- Opportunities And Challenges, Kashif Nawaz, Joseph Rendall, Ahmed Elatar, and Jian Sun
Numerical Investigation on Effects of Sub-cooled & Super-heating degree on Performance of VRF System with Simultaneous Operation, Been Oh, Dongwon Kim, Hosik Jeong, Yeseul Park, Jiyeon Choi, Byungchae Min, and Gyungmin Choi
Experimental Investigation On Organic Rankine Cycle In Off-Design Conditions For The Development Of A Fully Deterministic Simulation Model, Jinwoo Oh and Hoseong Lee
Performance Analysis of an R410A Air-to-Water Heat Pump for Different Fan and Compressor Speed Combinations, Ignacio Ortega, Jaime Sieres, Fernando Cerdeira, José M. Santos, and Estrella Álvarez
Variable Mixing Chamber Waste-Heat Driven Ejector Cycle For Commercial Refrigeration, Egoi Ortego Sampedro
Impact of Lubricant in the Evaporator as a function of Oil Circulation Rate in Variable Speed Heat Pumps working with R290, Ruben Ossorio, Emilio Navarro Peris, Riley Barta, and Alejandro Lopez
Refrigerant Charge Optimization of a Variable Speed Residential Heat Pump with an Expander/Separator, Alhussain Othman, Ammar Bahman, Riley Barta, Davide Ziviani, and Eckhard Groll
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Integrated Thermal Mangement of Electric Vehicle Battery and Cabin Environment, Chao Pan and Yaoyu Li
On the Feasibility of Model-Based Design and Optimal Control of Industrial Air-Conditioning System, Noma Park, Han Won Park, Soo Kyung Kim, Zhe Quan Jin, Hyuk Min Kwon, Jin Min Cho, Yoon Jei Hwang, and Sai Kee Oh
Critical Impact of Fin Thermal Conductivity in the Modeling of Evaporator Under Frost Conditions, Antoine M. Parthoens, Samuel Gendebien, and Vincent Lemort
Model Of Heat Pump Water Heater Operating On A New Storage Heat Pump Cycle To Achieve Higher Operating Range, Purav Patel and Stefan Elbel
Study Of A Conventional Heat Pump Water Heater System For Implementation Of A New Storage Heat Pump Concept, Purav Patel and Stefan Elbel
Thermodynamic Evaluation of a Magnetic Air Conditioner, Guilherme Peixer, Maria Cláudia Silva, Anderson Lorenzoni, Gislaine Hoffmann, Diego dos Santos, Sergio Dutra, Hígor Teza, Elias Pagnan, Bernardo Vieira, Alan Nakashima, Jaime Lozano, and Jader R. Barbosa Jr.
Investigation of Electrochemical Looping Heat Pump Technology in Heating Mode, Elias Nikolaos Pergantis, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll, and Davide Ziviani
Review of Lower GWP Refrigerants For Retrofitting R-410A Applications, Michael Petersen and Steve Kujak
Performance Assessment of High-temperature Heat Pump in an Integrated Energy System, Ganesan P, Signe Truyen Ryssdal, Trygve M. Eikevik, Ruzhu Wang, and Bin Hu
Evaporator Flooding upon Compressor Start-up as a Function of Heat Exchanger Geometry and Refrigerant, Smrithi Pranatharthi Haran, Leon P. M. Brendel, Haotian Liu, James E. Braun, and Eckhard A. Groll
A Low-Order Model for Nonlinear Dynamics of Heat Exchangers, Hongtao Qiao and Christopher Laughman
Dynamic Modeling of Oil Transport in Vapor Compression Systems, Hongtao Qiao and Christopher Laughman
Rotating Contacting Device based Improved Cooling Tower - Concept along with Demonstration Results, Milind V Rane and Adittya M Rane
Experimental Results Of Density Controlled Phase Change Material Capsules For Increased First Hour Rating For Heat Pump Water Heaters, Joseph Rendall, Kashif Nawaz, Will Asher, Jamieson Brechtl, Ahmed Elatar, Kai Li, Cheng-Min Yang, Jian Sun, and Tony Gehl
An Experimental Method To Determine The Contact Thermal Resistance Of PCM Materials Undergoing Large Volume Change, Joseph Rendall, Zhenglai Shen, Som Shrestha, Tony Gehl, and Jerald Atchley
Experimental Thermal Characterization of a PCM for Waste Heat Recovery, Giulia Righetti, Claudio Zilio, Giovanni Antonio Longo, Luca Doretti, Giuseppe Travaglini, Andrea Dolfi, and Simone Mancin
Modified Exergy Analysis of a Two-stage Refrigeration System for a Battery Electric Vehicle, George Luiz Rincaweski Vegini and Guilherme Ribeiro
Overview of novel GWP 1 HFO Refrigerant 1132E and the Mixture of 1132E and R-1234yf, Ivan Rydkin, Kenji Gobou, Daisuke Karube, Shohei Ajioka, Tsubasa Nakaue, and Alvaro Leon
R1234ze(E) as a Low-GWP Replacement of R410A in Fin-and-Tube Evaporators, Saad Saleem, Craig R. Bradshaw, and Christian K. Bach
Optimal Refrigerant Charge Determination based on SCOP Maximization with IMST-ART Simulation Tool, Luis Sánchez-Moreno Giner, Francisco Bárcelo Ruescas, and José Gonzálvez Maciá
Thermal Conductivity Measurements for Trans-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze(E)) in Liquid Phase, Mauro Scattolini, Giovanni Ferrarini, Laura Fedele, Stefano Rossi, and Sergio Bobbo
Integration of a Cooling System Architecture with a Skin Heat Exchanger for High Thermal Loads in Fuel Cell Powered Aircraft, Saija Schaefer, Farid Quaium, Nick Muhsal, Arne Speerforck, Frank Thielecke, and Christian Becker
Observations of Water-Cooled Chillers with Tube-in-Shell Heat Exchangers Operated with Mildly Zeotropic Low Pressure Refrigerant Blends, Kenneth Schultz
Multi-Objective Optimization of Battery Electric Vehicle Thermal Management System Operation, Tyler Shelly, Justin A Weibel, Davide Ziviani, and Eckhard Groll
Integration of Thermoelectric Modules to Vapor Compression Systems, Bo Shen, Kyle Gluesenkamp, and Hanlong Wan
Cold Climate Integrated Heat Pump, Bo Shen, Jeffrey Munk, and Kyle Gluesenkamp
Introduction of an Ejector for Industrial Scale CO2 Systems, Florian Simon, Julian Pfaffl, and Oliver Javerschek
Experimental Study to Enhance the Performance of Li-Fe-Co-Si Active Magnetic Regenerator for Room Temperature Cooling Applications, Priya Singh, Kavita Srikanti, Manish Chandra, R Gopalan, and Satyanarayanan Seshadri
Design of 5 mm Copper Tube Heat Exchangers for Display Cabinets with R404A, Kerry Song, Frank Gao, and Yoram Shabtay
Model-based Co-Simulation of Heat Pump Water Heater with Embedded Phase Change Materials Thermal Energy Storage, Jian Sun, Kashif Nawaz, Joe Rendall, Ahmed Elatar, and Jamieson Brechtl
Aeroacoustics Noise Characterization of Shape-Optimized Non-Round Tube Bundles in Cross-Flow Configuration, James Tancabel, Vikrant Aute, and Jiazhen Ling
Recent Advances in Solubility, Miscibility and Material Compatibility Studies for R134a and R404A non-flammable low GWP alternative, Henna Tangri, Kaimi Gao, Nilesh Purohit, Elizabet Vera Becerra, Ankit Sethi, and Ryan Hulse
Experimental Investigation Of A Thermally Integrated Carnot Battery Using A Reversible Heat Pump/Organic Rankine Cycle: Influence Of System Charge On Performance Of The Reversible Scroll Compressor/Expander And Global Performance, Robin Tassenoy, Olivier Dumont, Vincent Lemort, Michel De Paepe, and Steven Lecompte
Cold Storage in India for Small Farmers - Current Status and Challenges, Arunendra Tiwari, Harischander Harischander, and Milind V Rane
Pressure Drop of Low GWP Refrigerant Mixture of R1234yf and R32 inside Small Diameter Horizontal Microfin Tube, Hakimatul Ubudiyah, Afdhal Kurniawan Mainil, Kazuki Sadakata, Keishi Kariya, and Akio Miyara
Thermal-Fluid Performance Modelling Of A Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Heat Pump For High Temperature Applications, Martin van Eldik, Philip van Zyl Venter, and Michael Botha
Field Testing of a Transcritical Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Engine Coupled with Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors, Jera Van Nieuwenhuyse, Anastasios Skiadopoulos, Dimitris Manolakos, Steven Lecompte, and Michel De Paepe
Experimental Study and Modelling of a 2-Stage Compression R744 refrigeration System with Vapor Injection and Inter-Cooling, Javier Ignacio Vega Benavente, Samuel Gendebien, and Vincent Lemort
Review Of Liquid Desiccant Air Dehumidification Systems Coupled With Heat Pump: System Configurations, Component Designs, and Performance, Tomas Pablo Venegas, Ming Qu, Lingshi Wang, and Xiaobing Liu
Air Conditioning in Public Transport Vehicles. Numerical Simulation of Contaminants Transport and Infection Probability., Jordi Vera, Eugenio Schillaci, Joaquim Rigola, Marc Arolas, and Oriol Del Rivero
Transient Migration of Oil at Compressor Discharge and Suction during Startup, Xin Wang, Syed Angkan Haider, Pega Hrnjak, and Stefan Elbel
Transient Oil-refrigerant Mixture Migration and Change of Properties at Compressor Shutdown, Xin Wang, Syed Angkan Haider, Pega Hrnjak, and Stefan Elbel
The Effect of Corrosion Protection Methods on The Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers, Yupeng Wang, Hui Zhao, and Pega Hrnjak
Fractionation Testing For Low Critical Temperature Blends, Vanessa Webster, Ira Saxena, Robert Elliott Low, and Christopher Seeton
Enhancement of the Critical Heat Flux During the Cooling of Power Electronics – Part 2, Stefan Wettengel, Oliver Ziegler, Andreas Kluge, Lars Lindenmüller, Steffen Bernet, and Gerd Fischer