“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 2018
Temperature Measurement And Calibration Setup (TH1), Momin E. Abdalla, Siddharth Pannir, and Elgenied Khalid
Vapor Compression System Modelica Library for Aircraft ECS, Nicolas Ablanque, Santiago Torras, Carles Oliet, Jordi Rovira, and Carles David Pérez-Segarra
A Novel Solar-assisted Membrane-based Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioning System for Hot and Humid Climatic Conditions, Gurubalan A, Maiya M P, and Shaligram Tiwari
Application of Optimization of Compressors used in Air conditioning units, Joel Vinod Aralikatti and David Zietlow
Optimization Of Foam Characteristics For Falling Film Evaporators, Jayakumar Arjun and Mani Annamalai
High temperature heat pump using HFO and HCFO refrigerants - System design, simulation, and first experimental results, Cordin Arpagaus, Frédéric Bless, Michael Uhlmann, Elias Büchel, Stefan Frei, Jürg Schiffmann, and Stefan Bertsch
High Temperature Heat Pumps: Market Overview, State of the Art, Research Status, Refrigerants, and Application Potentials, Cordin Arpagaus, Frédéric Bless, Michael Uhlmann, Jürg Schiffmann, and Stefan Bertsch
A Simplified Model For Assessing Improvement Potential Of Air-To-Air Conditioners And Heat Pumps, Hassane Asloune and Philippe Riviere
Monitoring Of a Commercial Refrigeration CO2 System And Comparison With Simulations, Marco Azzolin, Livio Calabrese, Simone Dugaria, Silvia Minetto, and Davide Del Col
Improving Performance of an Existing Heat Pump: A Case Study, Vijay Bahel, Scott Lanzer, Suresh Shivashankar, and Cory Ostendorf
Development and Validation of a Mechanistic Vapor-Compression Cycle Model, Ammar M. Bahman, Davide Ziviani, and Eckhard A. Groll
Validation of a Charge-Sensitive Vapor-Injected Compression Cycle Model with Economization, Ammar M. Bahman, Davide Ziviani, and Eckhard A. Groll
Modeling of S-RAM Energy Recover Compressor Integration in a Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Application in Electronics Cooling in Varying Gravity, Riley Barta, Jason J. Hugenroth, and Eckhard A. Groll
Experimental Analysis and Design Improvements on Combined Viper Expansion Work Recovery Turbine and Flow Phase Separation Device Applied in R410A Heat Pump, Riley Barta, Florian Simon, and Eckhard A. Groll
Charge Equation For Small Charge Hydrocarbon Based Commercial Refrigeration Appliances, Marcel van Beek and Thijs van Gorp
Numerical Simulation of Fault Impacts for Commercial Walk-in Freezers, Alireza Behfar and David P. Yuill
Evaluation of binary and ternary refrigerant blends as replacements for R134a in an air-conditioning system, Ian Bell, Piotr Domanski, Greg Linteris, and M. O. McLinden
Comparison of Two Object-Oriented Modeling Environments for the Dynamic Simulations of a Residential Heat Pump, Viren Bhanot, Rohit Dhumane, Andrea Cioncolini, Paolo Petagna, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Cooling Systems at Temperature Level T=28…30 K, Vitaly Bondarenko, Iurii Symonenko, and Artem Chyhrin
Application of Vortex and Pulsation Coolers in Technologies of Rare Gases Extraction, Vitaly Bondarenko, Iurii Symonenko, and Dmytro Tyshko
Additive Manufacturing of Heat Exchangers, Jake Boxleitner and Gregory F. Nellis
Dynamics of Frost Growth on Vertical Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Kalyan Satyadeep Boyina, Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Wei Su, Anand Thamban, Nenad Miljkovic, and Xiaofei Wang
Simulation of Seasonal Performance of a Membrane Heat Pump System in Different Climate Regions, Ahmad A. Bukshaisha and Brian M. Fronk
Comparing Realtime Energy-Optimizing Controllers for Heat Pumps, Daniel Burns, Scott A. Bortoff, Martin Guay, and Christopher Laughman
The Analysis of Binary Fluid Ejector Assisted Solar Desalination System, Olexiy Buyadgie, Oleksii Drakhnia, Takahiko Miyazaki, Dmytro Buyadgie, Igor Vasil'ev, and Shigeru Koyama
Experimental Study of a Low-Temperature Compressor-Ejector Refrigeration System, Olexiy Buyadgie, Pavlo Nesterov, Oleksii Drakhnia, and Dmytro Buyadgie
Compatibility of R1234yf and R134a and Lubricants used in Automotive Compressors, Christopher Campo, Carolina Solano, Shelby Kent, and Christopher Seeton
Thermoeconomic Diagnosis Of Air Conditioning Systems: Experimental Assessment Of Performance And New Developments For Improved Reliability, Pietro Catrini, James E. Braun, Antonio Piacentino, Andrew L. Hjortland, and Akash Patil
Experimental Investigation Of A New Low-Approach Evaporator With Reduced Refrigerant Charge, Giuseppe Censi, Loris Giancotti, and Andrea Padovan
Novel Visualization Method to Quantify Local Air-side Heat Transfer Coefficient, Min Che and Stefan Elbel
Impact of Virtual Building Model and Thermostat Installation on Performance and Dynamics of Variable-Speed Equipment during Load-based Tests, Li Cheng, Akash Patil, Parveen Dhillon, James E. Braun, and W. Travis Horton
Effects of Economizer Type and Size to the Gas Injected System Using Zeotropic R32/R1234ze(E) Mixture, Zuo Cheng, Baolong Wang, Wenxing Shi, and Xianting Li
Theoretical study on a modified subcooling vapor-compression refrigeration cycle using hydrocarbon mixture R290/R600a, Qi Chen, Jianlin Yu, Gang Yan, and Yunho Hwang
Modeling And Experimental Study On A Direct Expansion Based Enhanced Dehumidification Air Conditioning System, Wenjing Chen, Ming-yin Chan, Wen Bing Weng, and Shi Ming Deng
The Influence of Lubricant in HFC & HFO Blend Refrigeration system, Yu-Kai Chen, Jung-Tsung Hung, Hsu-Hua Tang, and Jeng-Shiang Tsaih
Empirical Study on The Heat Exchange Effectiveness of A Cross-flow Thermoelectric Air To Air Heat Pump Unit, Seongyong Cheon and Jae-Weon Jeong
Uncertainty Analysis of the Experimental Results of Air Conditioner Performance due to the Uncertainty of the Equation of State, Howard Cheung, Jérôme Frutiger, Ian Bell, Jens Abildskov, Gürkan Sin, and Shengwei Wang
Comparison of Dehumidification Performance of Counter and Cross-flow type Liquid desiccant Dehumidifiers, Hye-Jin Cho and Jae-Weon Jeong
Experimental Study on Effects of Lubricant Oil in a Domestic Refrigerator-Freezer, Yunhyuk Choi, Byung-chae Min, Hyun Kim, and G.M. Choi
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating Improvement Of Residential HVAC Systems Using A Low Power Inverter With A PSC Compressor, Ludovic Chretien, Roger Becerra, Nicholas Salts, and Eckhard A. Groll
Optimization of MicroGroove Copper Tube Coil Designs for Flammable Refrigerants, Nigel Cotton, Adam Rhoads, Anderson Bortoletto, and Yoram Shabtay
Expanded Hot Surface Ignition Testing of A2L Refrigerants, Patrick Coughlan, Nina Gray, and Mary Koban
Frost Nucleation and Frost Growth on Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces for Heat Exchangers Fin Structures, Lorenzo Cremaschi, Ellyn Harges, Burak Adanur, and Amy Strong
Effects of Airflow Direction, Air Velocity Profile, and Condensation Pressure on the Performance of Air-Cooled Condensers, William A. Davies and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Thermo-Hydraulic Model for Steam Condensation in a Large, Inclined, Flattened-Tube Air-Cooled Condenser, William A. Davies and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Impact of Suction and Injection Gas Superheat Degrees on The Performance of a Residential Heat Pump With Vapor Injection and Variable Speed Scroll Compressor, Bertrand Dechesne, Lemort Vincent, Madiha Nadri, and Pascal Dufour
Performance Evaluation of Heat Pump Systems Based on a Load-based Testing Methodology, Parveen Dhillon, Akash Patil, Li Cheng, James E. Braun, and W. Travis Horton
Evaluating the Impact of the Measurement Setup on Cyclic Degradation Coefficient of Air Conditioning Systems, Rohit Dhumane, Tianyue Qiu, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, Yunho Hwang, Reinhard Radermacher, Allen Chad Kirkwood, and Jack Esformes
Online Measurement Of The Working Fluid Mass Repartition In A Small-Scale Organic Rankine Cycle Power System, Rémi Dickes, Olivier Dumont, Sylvain Quoilin, and Vincent Lemort
Transient Simulation of Small-Capacity Reciprocating Compressors for On-Off Controlled Refrigerators, Marco C. Diniz, Christian Hermes, and Marco C. Diniz
Removal Effect of Bio-contaminants in a Packaged Liquid Desiccant-assisted Air Conditioning Unit, Hye-Won Dong and Jae-Weon Jeong
Model-free Control and Automatic Staging of Variable Refrigerant Flow System with Multiple Outdoor Units, Liujia Dong, Yaoyu Li, Tim Salsbury, and John M. House
Innovative architecture to valorize the waste heat of a passenger car through the use of a Rankine cycle, Olivier Dumont, Davide Ziviani, James E. Braun, Eckhard A. Groll, Mouad Diny, and Vincent Lemort
Dynamically Calibrated Simulation of a Refrigeration Cycle for Household Freezers, Andreas Egger, Bernhard Zuber, Mario Rohrhofer, Johann Hopfgartner, Raimund Almbauer, and Erhard Perz
Effect of Insulation on the Performance of Wrapped-Coil-Tank Heat Pump Water Heater Deploying Low GWP Refrigerants., Ahmed Elatar, Kashif Nawaz, Bo Shen, and Van Baxter
Leakage Rate Measurement and Durability Testing of Field-made Mechanical Joints for Systems with Flammable Refrigerants (ASHRAE RP-1808), Stefan Elbel, Neal Lawrence, and Sharat Raj
Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Approximation Assisted Optimization for Pillow Plate Heat Exchangers, Radia Eldeeb, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Weld Shape Optimization for Pillow Plate Heat Exchangers, Radia Eldeeb, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Numerical and Experimental Random Spectral Analysis of a Condensing Unit Discharge Tube, Guilherme Espindola, Emilio Rodrigues Hulse, and Diego Beppler
Non-Condensable Gases and their Effect on the Dynamic Behavior of Domestic Refrigerators, Rodolfo da Silva Espíndola, Fernando Testoni Knabben, and Joel Boeng
Pros & Cons of Using Hot-Wall Condensers in Household Refrigerators, Rodolfo da Silva Espíndola, Fernando Testoni Knabben, and Claudio Melo
Fast And Accurate Co2 Properties Calculation Algorithm For Massive Numerical Simulations Of Supersonic Two-phase Ejectors, Yu Fang, Marco De Lorenzo, Philippe Lafon, Sébastien Poncet, Yann Bartosiewicz, and Hakim Nesreddine
Development of an Adjustable Spiral-shaped Evaporator, Matthias Feiner, Michael Arnemann, and Martin Kipfmueller
Intermediate Vapor Bypass: A Novel Design for Mobile Heat Pump at Low Ambient Temperature, Lili Feng and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Design and Construction of a Psychrometric Coil Testing Facility for Commercial Size Heat Exchanger Coils, John Phillip Franke, Mason Clark Kincheloe, Christian K. Bach, and Craig Bradshaw
Quality Measurement of Two Phase Flow with Plug Flow, Mitsuhiro Fukuta, Shozo Miyata, Masaaki Motozawa, Shota Morishita, and Naoya Makimoto
Experimental Investigations Of Air-Cooler Operating Under Frost Conditions, Jerzy Gagan, Kamil Smierciew, Dariusz Butrymowicz, and Paweł Jakończuk
Exergy Analysis of a Vapor Absorption Refrigeration System Using Carbon Dioxide as Refrigerant, Samsher Gautam, Apoorva Roy, and Bhuvan Aggarwal
Experimental Investigation and Numerical Optimization of Dual Evaporator Refrigerator, Avinash K. Gholap, Jamil A. Khan, and Zhiwei Huang
Film Rupture And Partial Wetting Over Flat Surfaces, Niccolo Giannetti, Piyatida Trinuruk, Seiichi Yamaguchi, and Kiyoshi Saito
Free Subcooling with the Sky: Improving the efficiency of air conditioning systems, Eli A. Goldstein, Dennis Nasuta, Song Li, Cara Martin, and Aaswath Raman
Combined Power, Cooling And Desalination Using Natural Refrigerant Powered By Low-Grade Heat Source, Praveen Kumar Govindasamy, Saravanan R, Alberto Coronas, and Patrick E. Phelan
Heat Transfer Process Within The R744 Two-phase Ejector: Numerical And Experimental Study, Michal Haida, Jacek Smolka, Armin Hafner, Mikolaj Mastrowski, Michal Palacz, Kenneth B. Madsen, Andrzej J. Nowak, and Krzysztof Banasiak
Experimental Investigation of Relative Humidity Effect on the Thermal Conductivity of Desiccant Material, Shazia Hanif, Muhammad Sultan, Takahiko Miyazaki, and Shigeru Koyama
Efficiency Enhancement By Subcooling The Carbon Dioxide Process With Water As Refrigerant, Florian Hanslik, Juergen Suess, and Juergen Koehler
Study of Micro Channel Heat Exchanger for Automotive Heat Pump System, Gaku Hayase
Flashing Liquid Expander Energy Reduction in Refrigeration Systems, Lance Hays
Theoretical Model For Buoyancy-Induced Heat Transfer Deterioration Under Supercritical Pressure, Jiacheng He, Chaobin Dang, and Eiji Hihara
Comparison Study of Bio-Growth in Commercial AHU’s Using Copper Heat Exchangers and Components, John C. Hipchen, Annina Hogan, and Dale Powell
Artificial Neural Networks for Fast Rooftop Unit Fault Impact Modeling and Simulation, Andrew L. Hjortland and James E. Braun
Comparing Maintenance Strategies for Rooftop Units having Multiple Faults through Simulation, Andrew L. Hjortland and James E. Braun
Effect of Inlet Duct and Damper Design on Fan Performance and Static Pressure Measurements (ASHRAE RP 1743), Md Yeam Hossain, Christian K. Bach, and Omer San
A Simulation Study on Two-Phase Microchannel Evaporator Header Distribution Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Header Model and Segmented Heat Transfer Tube Model, Long Huang, Motohiko Fukuoka, Toshimitsu Kamada, and Noriyuki Okuda
Experimental Investigation on R245fa Throttling Devices under High Temperature, Mingyue Huang, Xiangfei Liang, Yingwen Wu, Bo Zheng, and Youlin Zhang
Comparison Of Approximation-assisted Component Modeling Methods For Steady State Vapor Compression System Simulation, Ransisi Huang, Jiazhen Ling, and Vikrant Chandramohan Aute
Application of Bifurcated Bare-tube Heat Exchanger on Water-based Hybrid VRF System, Zhiwei Huang, Ransisi Huang, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, and Yunho Hwang
Non-Flammable R-410A Alternative for Commercial Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Joshua Hughes and Barbara Haviland Minor
The Effect of Refrigeration Lubricant Properties on Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance, Jung-Tsung Hung, Yu-Kai Chen, Hou-Kuang Shih, Shou-Ren Sheng, and Chi-Chuan Wang
Heat Transfer Enhancement by Using Fin for MH Hydrogen Storage Tank - Discuss on the Geometrical Optimization of Fin -, Yuki Igarashi, Masafumi Katsuta, Sangchul Bae, and Kuan-Ting Lin
Effect of Fin Geometries on Condensation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop inside Horizontal Small-Diameter 4 mm Microfin Tubes, Norihiro Inoue, Masataka Hirose, and Daisuke Jige
Development of a Compact Absorption Chiller Using Hydrophobic Flat Sheet Membrane, Shunnosuke Inoue, Chaobin Dang, and Eiji Hihara
Disproportionation Reaction of HFO-1123 Refrigerant, Makoto Ito, Naoya Kurokawa, Chaobin Dang, and Eiji Hihara
A Design Approach for Liquid Separators Applied to Household Refrigerators, Isabel Janke, Alexsandro dos Santos Silveira, and Joel Boeng
Boiling Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of R1234ze(E) inside a Small-Diameter 2.5 mm Microfin Tube, Daisuke Jige, Shota Iizuka, and Norihiro Inoue
Experimental Study of Condensation Heat Transfer of R134a on Oil-infusion Surfaces, Hongqing Jin, Yuchen Shen, Wentao Ni, and Xiaofei Wang
Integrated Thermal Energy Storage for Cooling Applications, Paul Kalinowski, Cara Martin, and William L. Kopko
Performance Analysis of Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration Cycle using Transient Modeling, Minwoong Kang and Stefan Elbel
Condensation and evaporation local heat transfer characteristics of the refrigerant mixture of R1123 and R32 inside a plate heat exchanger, Keishi Kariya, Koki Sonoda, Syota Wakasugi, and Yamato Eshima
Application Of Waste Low Heat As A Motive Source For Ejection Air-Conditiong Systems For Motor Yachts, Mateusz Kędzierski, Kamil Smierciew, Dariusz Butrymowicz, and Jerzy Gagan
Improving Refrigerant Flammability Limit Test Methods Based on ASTM E681, Dennis K. Kim, Alexandra E. Klieger, Peter Q. Lomax, Conor G. McCoy, Jonathan Y. Reymann, and Peter B. Sunderland