“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
A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of a Self-contained R-290 Refrigeration Unit Applied to a Glass Door Reach-in Supermarket Display Case, Adriano Francisco Ronzoni, Gerson Heinzle, André Furlan, Marcelo C. Nazário, and Daniel Hense
Laboratory Evaluation of R407H for Commercial Refrigeration Applications, Ivan Rydkin, Shun Ohkubo, Hitomi Arimoto, and Xinzhong Li
Feasibility of Controlling Heat and Enthalpy Wheel Effectiveness to Achieve Optimal Closed DOAS Operation, Omer Sarfraz, Peter Armstrong, and Christian K. Bach
A Literature Review of Numerical Modeling Techniques for Vapor Compression Systems with Focus on Heat Exchanger Modeling, Omer Sarfraz, Christian K. Bach, and Craig Bradshaw
Laboratory Assessment of a Demand Response Controller for Rooftop Units, Rafik Sarhadian, Bruce A. Coburn, Alvaro Mendoza, and Vireak Ly
Experimental Study on a Finned-tube Internally Cooled Contactor for Liquid Desiccant air conditioning systems with Ionic Liquid, Takahiro Sato, Richard Jayson Varela, Seiichi Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Saito, Hiroshi Nakayama, and Xinming Wang
Defrosting Performance of Patterned Heat Transfer Surfaces with a Superhydrophobic Silica Nanosprings Coating, Nickolas C. Schmiesing, Griffin Barrington, Giancarlo Corti, and Andrew Sommers
High-Temperature Heat Pump for Wellness Applications Using CO2 as a Refrigerant, Christian Kevin Seitz, Anne Liebold, Hendrik Schönfeld, Robert Weber, and Stefan Bertsch
Model-Based Air Flow Path Optimization for Heat Pump Clothes Dryer, Bo Shen, Kyle Gluesenkamp, Philip R. Boudreaus, and Viral K. Patel
Frost Growth Detection Using Capacitive Sensor, Yuchen Shen, Hongqing Jin, and Xiaofei Wang
Frost Porosity Measurement Using Capacitive Sensor, Yuchen Shen, Yuheng Zhang, and Xiaofei Wang
Effect of the Use Pattern on Performance of Heat Pump Water Heater, Ce Shi and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Effect of Flow Direction of Heating Medium on Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Single-Channel Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger, Kazuaki Shikichi, Kenji Minoura, and Hitoshi Asano
Defrost Cycle Optimization for Fan-Supplied Tube-Fin Evaporators Subjected to Frosting Conditions, Diogo Lôndero da Silva and Christian Hermes
Performance evaluation of CO2 ejector system with parallel compressor for supermarket application, Simarpreet Singh, Krzysztof Banasiak, Armin Hafner, Maiya M P, and Petter Nekså
Experimental evaluation of CO2 ejector cooling system for supermarkets at tropical zones, Simarpreet Singh, Armin Hafner, Krzysztof Banasiak, and Maiya M P
Investigations Of Heat Transfer And Components Efficiencies In Two-Phase Isobutane Injector, Kamil Smierciew, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Mark Bergander, and Tomasz Przybylinski
Enhancement Of Ejection Systems Efficiency By Means Of Regenerative Heat Exchager, Kamil Smierciew, Jerzy Gagan, Dariusz Butrymowicz, and Michal ?ukaszuk
Assessing the Impact of Using Very Low GWP Alternatives to R-404A, Stephen Spletzer, Jethro Medina, and Joshua Hughes
Alternative Refrigerants For Household Refrigerators, Mario Straub
Investigation of the Pressure Drop in Refrigerant Pipes of an R744 Automotive Air Conditioning System, Christoph Subei and Gerhard Schmitz
Geometric Effects of Horizontal Branching T-junction on Phase Separation of Refrigerant, Wen Su, Yunho Hwang, and Li Zhao
Theoretical Development of Thermodynamic Properties of Environmental Friendly Refrigerant RE170 by Using Martin Hou Equation of State, Ashok Babu Puttaranga Setty Talanki and Sharmas Vali Shaik
Thermodynamic Analysis of Vapour Compression Refrigeration System with Sustainable Refrigerant Blends as Alternatives to Replace R22, Ashok Babu Puttaranga Setty Talanki and Sharmas Vali Shaik
Review of Shape and Topology Optimization for Design of Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers, James Tancabel, Vikrant Chandramohan Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Influence of the Fluid Distribution Width on the Wettability of Rivulet Flow over Vertical Flat Surfaces, Piyatida Trinuruk, Niccolo Giannetti, Kaneko Takuya, Seiichi Yamaguchi, and Kiyoshi Saito
A Low Emission, Electrified Solution For Refrigerated Trucking, Shawn Wilfred Vehr
The Effect of Biphasic Refrigerant Flow on Refrigerator Noise, Carlos Eduardo Vendrami, Daniel Fretta de Souza, Hamann Eleomar, Tadeu Tonheiro Rodrigues, and Edson Correa Miguel
Condensation heat transfer of R22, R410A and R32 inside a multiport mini-channel tube, Pham-Quang Vu, Kwang-Il Choi, Jong-Taek Oh, and Honggi Cho
Energy Saving Potential of a Temperature Test Chamber by implementing a Heat-Pump, Andreas Wagner, Thomas Tannert, and Ullrich Hesse
Extremum Seeking Control for An Air-source Heat Pump Water Heating System with Flash Tank Cycle based Vapor Injection, Wenyi Wang and Yaoyu Li
A2L Refrigerants Leaks and Ignitions Testing under Whole Room Scale, Xudong Wang and Pravin Gandhi
Performance Investigation of Two-stage Heat Pump with Vapor Injection Using R410A as Working Fluid, Yikai Wang, Zuliang Ye, and Feng Cao
Analysis on Hydrophobic Membrane-Based Air Pre-Dehumidification and Capillary Radiation Air Conditioning System, Zanshe Wang, Juntao Hu, Ran Li, and Zaholin Gu
A Review of Electronic Expansion Valve Correlations for Air-conditioning and Heat Pump Systems, Hanlong Wan, Yunho Hwang, and Saikee Oh
Experimental Design and Laboratory Characterization of a Medium- and High-Efficiency Rooftop Unit for use in Building Energy Simulations, Grant Wheeler, Eric Kozubal, and Ron Judkoff
Using a Cubic Equation of State to Identify Optimal Working Fluids for an ORC Operating with Two-Phase Expansion Using a Twin-Screw Expander, Martin T. White, Matthew Read, and Abdulnaser I. Sayma
Novel Vapor Compression Cycles with High Energy Efficiency Using Natural Refrigerants for Three Kinds of Appliances, Jianhua Wu and Jiachen Li
Experimental Characterization of Flow Field Around Heat Exchanger Cells in a Residential Gas Furnace, Puyuan Wu, Weixiao Shang, and Jun Chen
Flow Regime Map For Condensation From Superheated Vapor, Jiange Xiao and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Pressure Drop Model For Condensation From Superheated Vapor, Jiange Xiao and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Pressure Drop Of Condensation From Superheated Vapor Inside Horizontal Smooth Round Tubes, Jiange Xiao and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Design of a cascade refrigeration system for applications below -50°C using CO2-sublimation, Yixia Xu, Robin Langebach, and Ullrich Hesse
A New Constant Air Volume Flow Regulation Method for Blowers Used in HVAC&R Systems, Bin Yang, Brian Beifus, and Roger Becerra
Effect of Helix Angle on Flow of R410A during Evaporation inside Horizontal Round Tubes Based on Visualization in Diabatic Condition, Cheng-Min Yang and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Visualization of R410A Flow Boiling in Diabatic Conditions inside Horizontal Round Tubes, Cheng-Min Yang and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Extremum-Seeking Control Optimizes VRF Energy Consumption, Liming Yang, Yunrui Wang, and Robert D. Turney
Dynamic Investigation of Thermal Behavior in a Hot Water Storage Tank, Ruiqi Yang, Bo Zheng, Xiangfei Liang, Rong Zhuang, and Youlin Zhang
Model-Based Performance Comparison of Ammonia Chemisorption Heat Pumps for Cold Climate with Different Working Pairs and Cycle Configurations, Zhiyao Yang, Ming Qu, and Kyle Gluesenkamp
Thermodynamic Design of a Mesoscale Vapor Compression Cooling Device, Ricardo Yee and Christian Hermes
Design And Testing Of a Microchannel Heat Exchanger Working As Condenser And Evaporator, Emanuele Zanetti, Marco Azzolin, Stefano Bortolin, Giulio Busato, and Davide Del Col
Study on the Effects of Vane Parameters on Separation Performance in an Axial Flow Cyclone Separator, Yang Zhang, Wei Chen, Biyuan Liu, Jianmei Feng, and Xueyuan Peng
Experimental Analysis to Mitigate Flow Induced Noise in Expansion Devices, Yingyue Zhang and Stefan Elbel
Modeling of Acoustics Based Geometry Optimization of Orifice Tube Design, Yingyue Zhang and Stefan Elbel
Compatibility of Filler and Base Metals in Heat Exchanger Manufacturing Process, Hui Zhao, Stefan Elbel, and Predrag S. Hrnjak
Experimental Evaluation for an Extremum Seeking Control Strategy based on Input-output Correlation with a Mini-split Air Conditioning System, Zhongfan Zhao, Tim Salsbury, John M. House, and Yaoyu Li
Accelerating-particle-deposition Method for Quickly Evaluating Long-term Performance of Fin-and-tube Heat Exchangers, Dawei Zhuang, Guoliang Ding, Yifei Yang, Feil Zhan, Yifeng Gao, Jun Shen, and Ji Song
CFD Simulation Of Vortex Flashing Flows In Convergent-Divergent Nozzles, Jingwei Zhu and Stefan Elbel
Measurement Of Pressure Profile Of Vortex Flashing Flows In Convergent-Divergent Nozzles, Jingwei Zhu and Stefan Elbel
Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on the Recirculation of the Solution (Mix-Flow) in an Absorption Resorption Refrigeration System, Oliver Ziegler and Ullrich Hesse
Numerical Investigation of a Forced-Air Cooled Condenser Using 1d-3d-Coupling, Bernhard Zuber, Johann Hopfgartner, Andreas Egger, and Raimund Almbauer
Proceedings from 2016
Novel Reduced GWP Refrigerant Compositions To Replace R-134a in Stationary Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Laurent Abbas, Sarah Kim, and Kenneth Schultz
Density of the Refrigerant Fluids of R365mfc and R152a: Measurement and Prediction, Momin Elhadi Abdalla and Siddharth Pannir
Method of Measuring the Vapor Pressure and Concentration of Fluids using VLE and Vibrating Tube Densitometer Apparatuses, Momin Elhadi Abdalla and Siddharth Pannir
Virtual Household Refrigerators at Steady-state and Transient Conditions. Numerical Model and Experimental Validation, Nicolas Ablanque, Carles Oliet, Joaquim Rigola, and Carlos-David Pérez-Segarra
Laboratory Performance Evaluation Of Residential Scale Gas Engine Driven Heat Pump, Ahmad Abu-Heiba, Isaac Y. Mahderekal, and Ayyoub Momen
A Helmholtz Energy Equation of State for Trifluoroethylene (R-1123), Ryo Akasaka, Masato Fukushima, and Eric W. Lemmon
Experimental Performance Estimations of Horizontal Ground Heat Exchangers for GSHP System, Md. Hasan Ali, Salsuwanda Bin Selamat, Keishi Kariya, and Akio Miyara
Experimental Study of Two-phase Seperators for Vapor Compression Systems in Household Appliances, Jessica Alvarado, Brent Junge, and Andrea Kelecy
Heat Pumps Architecture Optimization For Enhanced Medium Temperature Geothermal Heat Use in District Heating, Matthildi Apostolou, Sahar Salame, Stéphanie Barrault, and Assaad Zoughaib
Parametric Evaluation of Governing Heat and Mass Transfer Resistances in Membrane Based Heat and Moisture Exchangers, Paul D. Armatis and Brian M. Fronk
Two-Stage Heat Pump using Oil-Free Turbocompressors - System Design and Simulation, Cordin Arpagaus, Stefan Bertsch, Adeel Javed, and Jürg Schiffmann
Multi-Temperature Heat Pumps - A Literature Review, Cordin Arpagaus, Frédéric Bless, Jürg Schiffmann, and Stefan Bertsch
Automated Optimization of Air Conditioning Systems using Geometry based Simulation Models, Joerg Aurich, Rico Baumgart, and Eric Tomoscheit
A Review of State of the Art in Modeling of Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers for HVAC&R Applications, Vikrant C. Aute
Novel Airside Heat Transfer Surface Designs Using an Integrated Multi-Scale Analysis with Topology and Shape Optimization, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, Zhiwei Huang, and Reinhard Radermacher
Airside Performance Correlations and Optimal Heat Pump Heat Exchanger Designs Based on 0.5mm-2mm Finless Round Tube Bundles, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
CFD-Based Correlation Development for Air Side Performance of Wavy Fin Tube Heat Exchangers using Small Diameter Tubes, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Performance Evaluation Criteria & Utility Function for Analysis of Compact Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Wavy Fin Profile Optimization Using NURBS for Air-To-Refrigerant Tube-Fin Heat Exchangers with Small Diameter Tubes, Daniel Bacellar, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Second-Law Analysis to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Environmental Control Unit, Ammar M. Bahman and Eckhard A. Groll
Energy And Exergy Analysis For Low Temperature Refrigeration System For Biogas Upgrading, Joseph Bassila, Joseph Toubassy, Denis Clodic, and Amelie Danlos
Experimental Investigation of Frost Formation in a Finned-Tube Evaporator under Simulated Real Operation Conditions, Ergin Bayrak, Ak?n Ça?layan, and Alper ?evki Konukman
High Efficiency Evaporator Fan Motors for Commercial Refrigeration Applications, Bryan R. Becker and Brian A. Fricke
Optimisation Of Expansion Valve Control In Refrigeration Appliances Under Cyclic Operation, Marcel van Beek and Hans de Jong
Viscosity Correlations for Refrigerants and Other Working Fluids from Residual Entropy Scaling, Ian Bell and Arno Laesecke
Psychrometric Properties of Humid Air from Multi-Fluid Helmholtz-Energy-Explicit Models, Ian Bell, Eric Lemmon, and Allan Harvey
Experimental Investigations of Low-temperature Driven Ejector for Isobutane, Mark Bergander, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Kamil Smierciew, Jerzy Gagan, and Sarken D. Kapayeva
An Integrated Solution for Commercial AC Chillers Using Variable Speed Scroll Compressors, Stephane Bertagnolio, Eric Winandy, and Dina Koepke
Optimization of a Residential Air Source Heat Pump using Heat Exchangers with Small Diameter Tubes, Mohamed Beshr, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Steady State Modeling of Advanced Vapor Compression Systems, Mohamed Beshr, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Experimental Analysis of Latent Heat Storages integrated into a Liquid Cooling System for the Cooling of Power Electronics, Thomas Bezerra Helbing and Gerhard Schmitz
Simulink Based Transient Modeling of a Flash Tank vapor Injection System and Experimental Validation, Viren Bhanot, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
A Comparison Between Recent Experimental Results and Existing Correlations for Microfin Tubes for Refrigerant and Nanolubricants Mixtures Two Phase Flow Boiling, Andrea A. M. Bigi and Lorenzo Cremaschi
Characterization of nanofluids formed by fumed Al2O3 in water for geothermal applications, Sergio Bobbo, Laura Colla, Antonella Barizza, Stefano Rossi, and Laura Fedele
Investigation of Evaporator Performance with and without Liquid Overfeeding, Stefano Bortolin, Marco Rossato, Stefano Bernardinello, and Davide Del Col
Online, Non-Intrusive Composition Measurements Of Circulating Co2 Based Mixtures In An Experimental Heat Pump By Means Of Infra-Red Spectroscopy., Paul Bouteiller, Marie-France Terrier, Maria Isabel Barba-Garrancho, and Pascal Tobaly
Cooling Capacity Control for Multi-Evaporator Vapor Compression Systems, Daniel J. Burns and Scott A. Bortoff
Proportional-Integral Extremum Seeking for Optimizing Power of Vapor Compression Systems, Daniel J Burns, Christopher R. Laughman, and Martin Guay
Emerging Technologies in Metal Working Fluids and Compatibility with Refrigeration Systems, Richard Butler, Mike Foster, and Neil Turner