THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Zhaofeng Meng

,

Xiangna Cui

,

Yin Liu

,

Shun Wang

,

Chenyang Du

,

Rusheng Hu

PERFORMANCE OF R1234YF AND R513A AS ALTERNATIVES TO R134A IN AUTOMOTIVE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN WINTER

ABSTRACT
In this paper, the feasibility of two low global warming potential refrigerants R513A and R1234yf as alternatives to R134a was tested in an automotive air conditioning system in winter. The test results showed that the heating capacities of R513A and R1234yf were 2% and 4% lower than that of R134a, and their COP were 3-9% and 6-19% lower than that of R134a, respectively. It revealed that R513A can be used as a transition product to replace R134a, and R1234yf required further improvements to improve the energy efficiency.
KEYWORDS
R513A, R1234yf, R134a, automotive air conditioning systems, micro-channel heat exchanger
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2021-12-07
PAPER REVISED: 2022-07-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-07-05
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2023-06-11
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2303937M
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE Issue 3, PAGES [1937 - 1946]
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