“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 2016
Experimental Investigations Of Propane Minichannel Condenser And Evaporator, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Jerzy Gagan, Teodor Skiepko, Adam Dudar, Michal ?ukaszuk, and Kamil Smierciew
Application Of Single Blow Technique For Heat Transfer Measurement In Packed Bed Of Vegetables, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Adam Lapinski, Jerzy Gagan, and Kamil Smierciew
Self-learning Backlash Inverse Control of Cooling or Heating Coil Valves Having Backlash Hysteresis, Jie Cai and James E. Braun
Experimental Performance Investigation of Cooling or Heating Coil Valves and Their Impact on Temperature Controls, Jie Cai, Orkan Kurtulus, and James E. Braun
Experimental investigation of a two-stage oil-free domestic Air/Water heat pump prototype powered by an oil-free high-speed twin-stage radial compressor rotating on gas bearings, Jean-Baptiste Carré, Daniel Favrat, and Jürg Schiffmann
Investigation of Air-Cooled Condensers for Ammonia-Water Absorption Chillers, Subhrajit Chakraborty, Victor C. Aiello, and Srinivas Garimella
Thermodynamic Analysis On A Novel Gas-gas Ejector Enhanced Autocascade Refrigeration Cycle, Jiaheng Chen, Jianlin Yu, and Gang Yan
Research on the Operating Characteristics of Floor Heating System with Residential EVI Air Source Heat Pump in China, Xiaoning Chen, Ziqi Zhang, Junye Shi, Zhiyu Yang, and Jiangping Chen
POE Lubricant Candidates For Low GWP Refrigerants, Yu-kai Chen, Jung-Tsung Hung, Hsu-Hua Tang, and Jeng-Shiang Tsaih
An Experimental Investigation of Convective Boiling Heat Transfer Using Alternative and Natural Refrigerants Inside Horizontal Microchannels, Nguyen-Ba Chien, Pham-Quang Vu, Kwang-Il Choi, and Jong-Taek Oh
A Numerical and Experimental Study on Skin Condensers Applied to Household Refrigerators, Elias Gava Colombo, Rodolfo da Silva Espíndola, Fernando Testoni Knabben, and Claudio Melo
Coupled Thermodynamic And CFD Approaches Applied To A Supersonic Air Ejector, Sergio Croquer, Sébastien Poncet, and Nicolas Galanis
Performance Testing of Unitary Split-System Heat Pump with an Energy Recovery Expansion Device, Nicholas Czapla, Harshad Inamdar, Nicholas Salts, and Eckhard Groll
Performance Analysis of a Vapor Injection Cycle with Flash Tank Using a Low-GWP Inorganic Blend Refrigerant, Jose Vicente Hallak Dangelo, Hugo Valenca de Araujo, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Impact of a 12-volt Lead Acid Battery State-of-Charge on the Performance of an Automotive Air Conditioning System, Santanu Prasad Datta, Prasanta Kumar Das, and Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay
Heat Transfer and Visualization in Large Flattened-Tube Condensers with Variable Inclination, William A. Davies, Yu Kang, Pega Hrnjak, and Anthony M. Jacobi
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Expansion Devices for Meso-Scale Cooling Systems, João Fabio Parise de Lara, Claudio Melo, and Joel Boeng
Analysis of Dynamic Stability of Ejector Expansion Refrigeration System, Jianqiang Deng, Lixing Zheng, and Fei Wang
Effect of Nanoparticles Aspect Ratio on the Two Phase Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Coefficient and Pressure Drop of Refrigerant and Nanolubricants Mixtures in a 9.5 mm Micro-fin Tube., Pratik Shashikant Deokar, Lorenzo Cremaschi, Thiam Wong, and Gennaro Criscuolo
Compact Refrigeration System For Electronics Cooling Based on a Novel Two-Phase Jet Impingement Heat Sink, Pablo de Oliveira and Jader Barbosa
Experimental Results For Hydrocarbon Refrigerant Vaporization In Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers at High Pressure, Adriano Desideri, Torben Schmidt Ommen, Jorrit Wronski, Sylvain Quoilin, Vincent Lemort, and Fredrik Haglind
Modeling and Experimental Study of a Heat Pump Water Heater Cycle, Kevin Ruben Deutz, Odile Cauret, Romuald Rullière, and Philippe Haberschill
Transient Modeling of a Thermosiphon based Air Conditioner with Compact Thermal Storage: Modeling and Validation, Rohit Dhumane, Yilin Du, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Transient Multiphysics modeling of a robotic personal air-conditioning device, Rohit Dhumane, Jiazhen Ling, Vikrant Aute, Reinhard Radermacher, Aravind Mikkilineni, and Philip Bingham
Automatic Mode Switching for A Multi-functional Variable Refrigerant Flow System, Liujia Dong, Yaoyu Li, Timothy I. Salsbury, and John M. House
R134a Flow Boiling Heat transfer on an Electrically Heated Carbon/Carbon Surface, Luca Doretti, Simone Mancin, Claudio Zilio, and Giovanni A. Longo
Falling Film Evaporation On A Thermal Spray Metal Coated Vertical Corrugated Plate Conduits, Jerin Robins Ebenezar and Annamalai Mani
Accelerated fatigue testing of aluminum refrigeration press fittings for HVAC & R applications, Stefan Elbel, Michael Duggan, Tony LaGrotta, Sharat Raj, and Pega Hrnjak
A fair comparison of CO2 and propane used in light commercial applications featuring natural refrigerants, Stefan Elbel, Matej Visek, and Pega Hrnjak
An Improved Approach for Modeling Plate Heat Exchangers Based on Successive Substitution in Alternating Flow Directions, Radia Eldeeb, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Investigation of Thermal-Hydraulic Characteristics of Pillow Plate Heat Exchangers Using CFD, Radia Eldeeb, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Refrigerant Distribution Characteristics in Vertical Header of Flat-Tube Heat Exchanger, Kazuhiro Endoh
The Influence of Non-Condensable Gases on the Thermal-Acoustic Behavior of Household Refrigerators, Rodolfo da Silva Espíndola, Fernando Testoni Knabben, and Claudio Melo
Oil Return Measurements In A Unitary Split System Air Conditioner Using Different Refrigerant Mixtures, Gabriel A. Feichter, Eckhard A. Groll, Orkan Kurtulus, and Ben Meng
Design and Modeling of 3D-Printed Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers, Rachel Ann Felber, Gregory Nellis, and Natalie Rudolph
Experimental and Numerical Study of a Mobile Reversible Air Conditioning-Heat Pump System, Lili Feng and Pega Hrnjak
Two-Phase Evaporation Pressure Drop Experimental Results for Low Refrigerant Mass Flux, Anna Fenko, Ellen Brehob, and Andrea Kelecy
Utilizing Thermal Mass in Refrigerated Display Cases to Reduce Peak Demand, Brian Fricke, Teja Kuruganti, James Nutaro, David Fugate, and Jibonananda Sanyal
Laboratory Evaluation of a Commercial CO2 Booster Refrigeration System, Brian Fricke, Shitong Zha, Vishal Sharma, and Jeff Newel
Experimental Assessment on Performance of a Heat Pump Cycle Using R32/R1234yf and R744/R32/R1234yf, Sho Fukuda, Hedeki Kojima, Chieko Kondou, Nobuo Takata, and Shigeru Koyama
Thermodynamic Properties of Low-GWP Refrigerant for Centrifugal Chiller, Masato Fukushima, Hiroki Hayamizu, and Mai Hashimoto
Experimental Evaluation of Low-Cost Gas Heat Pump Prototypes for Building Space Heating, Michael Garrabrant, Roger Stout, Christopher Keinath, and Paul Glanville
Regional Climate Zone Modeling of a Commercial Absorption Heat Pump Hot Water Heater - Part 1: Southern and South Central Climate Zones, Patrick Geoghegan, Bo Shen, Christopher Keinath, and Michael Garrabrant
Modelling Of An Automotive Multi-Evaporator Air-Conditioning System, Thomas Gillet, Emmanuelle Andrès, Amin El-Bakkali, Gérard Olivier, Vincent Lemort, Romuald Rullière, and Philippe Haberschill
Experimental Evaluation of a Small-capacity, Direct-fired Ammonia-water Absorption Chiller, Anurag Goyal, Marcel A. Staedter, Dhruv C. Hoysall, Mikko J. Ponkala, and Srinivas Garimella
Comparison of Models for Calculation of the Thermodynamic Properties of NH3-CO2-H2O Mixture, Vilborg Gudjonsdottir and Carlos Infante Ferreira
Development and Validation of a Minichannel Evaporator Model under Different Dehumidifying Conditions, Abdelrahman Hussein Hassan, José Gonzálvez-Maciá, Santiago Martínez-Ballester, and José R. García-Cascales
Development Of Micro Channel Heat Exchanger For Residential Air-Conditioners, Gaku Hayase
Modelling And Simulation Of A R744 Based Air Conditioning Unit, Mihir Mouchum Hazarika, Maddali Ramgopal, and Souvik Bhattacharyya
Operation Analysis on Refrigeration System Combined with Heat Pipe, Haixia He, Wen Wang, Zhaogang Qi, Rui Zhuan, and Qifan Gu
Calibration Strategies And Limitations Of Cycle Simulations Representing Complex Domestic Cooling Devices, Martin Heimel, Erwin Berger, Stefan Posch, Johann Hopfgartner, Stephan Schlemmer, and Raimund Almbauer
Systematic Study of the Solution Properties of Low Global Warming Potential R-404A Replacement Refrigerant Blends with Various Polyol Ester Lubricants, Edward Hessell and Roberto Urrego
Measurements of Thermodynamic Properties for R1123 and R1123+R32 Mixture, Yukihiro Higashi and Ryo Akasaka
Development of an Embedded RTU FDD using Open-Source Monitoring and Control Platform, Andrew L. Hjortland and James E. Braun
The Effectiveness of using Total System Power for Fault Detection in Rooftop Units, Andrew L. Hjortland, James E. Braun, and Mikhail Gorbounov
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Dewatering Performance from Aqueous Lithium Bromide Solution Stream confined by Hollow Fiber Membrane, Sung Joo Hong, Eiji Hihara, and Chaobin Dang
Numerical Simulation of the 3d Transient Temperature Evolution Inside a Domestic Single Zone Wine Storage Cabinet With Forced Air Circulation, Johann Hopfgartner, Martin Heimel, Stefan Posch, Erwin Berger, Raimund Almbauer, and Stephan Schlemmer
Investigation, Analysis and Solution of Higher Noise of Heat Pump Water Heater, Bo Huang, Weiyan Chu, and Yinxiao Lu
Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis and Experimental Investigate on a Two-stage Vapor Injection Low Temperature Air Source Heat Pump with a Variable Displacement Ratio Rotary Compressor, Hui Huang, Xiangfei Liang, Bo Zhen, Boliang Huang, Jinsheng Fang, and Rong Zhuang
Review of Fractal Heat Exchangers, Zhiwei Huang, Yunho Hwang, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Design and Numerical Parametric Study of Fractal Heat Exchanger, Zhiwei Huang, Jiazhen Ling, Yunho Hwang, Vikrant Aute, and Reinhard Radermacher
Testing of Low GWP Replacements for R-410A in Stationary Air Conditioning, Joshua Hughes and Sonali Shah
On the Effect of Lubricant on Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance, Jung-Tsung Hung, Yu-Kai Chen, Ting-Yang Chen, Shou-Ren Sheng, and Chi-Chuan Wang
Comparative Analysis Of CO2 Cycle Enhancements: Ejector Vs. Vapor Injection, Kirill M. Ignatiev
Cooling season full and part load performance evaluation of Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) system using an occupancy simulated research building, Piljae Im, Malhotra Mini, Jeffrey D Munk, and Jehyeon Lee
Evaporation Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of R32 inside Small-diameter 4.0 mm Tubes, Norihiro Inoue, Daisuke Jige, and Kentaro Sagawa
Thermodynamic Analysis of an Electrochemically Driven Chemical Looping Heat Pump, Nelson A James, James E Braun, Eckhard A Groll, and W Travis Horton
Steady-State Numerical Simulation Of A Vapor Compression Heat Pump System As An Effective Method To Predict Its Performance, Zvonimir Jankovi?, Jaime Sieres Atienza, Fernando Cerdeira Pérez, and Branimir Pavkovi?
Visual Investigation on Effect of Structural Parameters and Operation Condition of Two-phase Ejector, Deng Jianqiang, Zhang Yazhou, He Yang, and Zheng Lexing
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Characteristics of R32 inside a Horizontal Small-diameter Microfin Tube, Daisuke Jige, Kentaro Sagawa, and Norihiro Inoue
Performance Comparison of Air-source Heat Pumps Using Economizer Vapor Injection and Internal Heat Exchanger in Cold Regions, Lei Jin, Xiang Yin, Shengchen Pan, Dongfang Yang, and Feng Cao
A Method to Combine Local Heat Transfer and Flow Visualization of Flow Boiling in Frame-and-plate Heat Exchanger, Shenghan Jin and Pega Hrnjak
Effect of End Plates on Heat Transfer of Plate Heat Exchanger, Shenghan Jin and Pega Hrnjak
Continuous vs. pulsating flow boiling. Part 1: Experimental comparison and visualization, Martin Ryhl Kærn, Brian Elmegaard, Knud Erik Meyer, and Björn Palm
Continuous vs. pulsating flow boiling. Part 2: Statistical comparison using response surface methodology, Martin Ryhl Kærn, Brian Elmegaard, Knud Erik Meyer, Björn Palm, and Jørgen Holst
Development of a refrigerant to refrigerant heat exchanger for high efficiency CO2 refrigerant cycle, Ryuhei Kaji, Shun Yoshioka, and Hirokazu Fujino
Research on Optimization of Heat exchanger in Heat pump using R32 and HFO-mixed Refrigerant, Toshimitsu Kamada, Tomoyuki Haikawa, and Shigeharu Taira
Effect of Inclination on Pressure Drop in Large Flattened-Tube Steam Condensers, Yu Kang, William A. Davies, Pega Hrnjak, and Anthony M. Jacobi
Local Heat Transfer Characteristics of the R1234ze(E) Two Phase Flow Inside a Plate Heat Exchanger, Keishi Kariya, Mohammad Sultan Mahmud, Akitoshi Kawazoe, and Akio Miyara
Frost Growth Investigation and Temperature Glide Refrigerants in a Fin-and-Tube Heat Exchanger, Elie Keryakos, Joseph Toubassy, Denis Clodic, and Georges Descombes
Design and Performance of Thermal Energy Storage Module using High Thermal Conductivity Phase Change Composite Material, Siddique Khateeb Razack, Yoram Shabtay, Mukund Bhaskar, Yoram Shabtay, Hal Stilman, and Said Al-Hallaj
Computationally Efficient Modeling Approach for Evaporator Performance under Frost Conditions, Donghun Kim, Sugirdhalakshmi Ramaraj, and James Braun
An Experimental Study on the Effect of a new Defrosting Strategy on the Energy Consumption of Household Refrigerators, Fernando Testoni Knabben and Claudio Melo
Hot Surface Ignition Testing of Low GWP 2L Refrigerants, Mary Koban, Barbara Minor, Patrick Coughlan, and Nina Gray
Investigations Of Chinese Cabbage Cold Storage Chamber Operation, Miroslawa Kolodziejczyk, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Jerzy Gagan, and Kamil Smierciew
Numerical Modelling Of Heat And Mass Transfer Processes In Chinese Cabbage Cold Storage Chamber, Miroslawa Kolodziejczyk, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Kamil Smierciew, and Jerzy Gagan
Performance Comparison of R32, R410A and R290 Refrigerant in Inverter Heat Pumps Application, Supharuek Konghuayrob and Kornvalee Khositkullaporn
Combined Heat and Power From Low Temperature Heat: HFO-1336mzz(Z) as a Working Fluid for Organic Rankine Cycles, Konstantinos Kontomaris, Luke D. Simoni, Mattias Nilsson, Tim Hamacher, and Harald Nes Rislå
Integrated Thermal Energy Storage, William L. Kopko
Challenges on Converting an Upright Ice-Cream Freezer from R404a to R290 Complying with 150g Refrigerant Charge Restriction, Jackson Henrique Kruger, Fernando Luis de Borba, and Murilo Augusto Moreira Favaro
Experimental Study on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer in a Horizontal Mini Channel, Yasuhiro Kudo, Kyosuke Nakaiso, Keishi Kariya, and Akio Miyara
Compositional Fractionation Studies of R410A Alternative R452B or DR55 and Their Impact on Flammability Behavior and Safety Implications, Steve Kujak and Kenneth Schultz
Investigations Of Low Pressure Two-Phase Steam-Water Injector, Roman Kwidzinski, Dariusz Butrymowicz, Jaroslaw Karwacki, Marian Trela, and Kamil Smierciew
CO2 As An Alternative Refrigerant For Applications Below -50°C, Robin Langebach, Ullrich Hesse, and Yixia Xu
Dynamic Charge Management for Vapor Compression Cycles, Christopher R. Laughman, Hongtao Qiao, Daniel J. Burns, and Scott A. Bortoff
Numerical Study on the Design of Microchannel Evaporators for Ejector Refrigeration Cycles, Neal Lawrence and Stefan Elbel
Investigations on Performance of an Auto-Cascade Absorption Refrigeration System Operating with Mixed Refrigerants, Shengjian Le, Qin Wang, Dahong Li, Xiaohong Han, and Guangming Chen
Experimental Research and Theoretical Analysis on Throttling Characteristics of Electronic Expansion Valve in Series with Capillary Tube, Xiangfei Liang, Jinsheng Fang, Bo Zheng, and Youlin Zhang
Simulation of a VRF system applied in elcectric buses in Taiwan, Anne Liebold, Po-Hsu Lin, Bernhard Vetsch, Cordin Arpagaus, and Stefan S. Bertsch
Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop during Evaporation of R134a in Microchannel Tubes, Houpei Li and Pega Hrnjak