Methodology for Estimating Safe Charge Limits of Flammable Refrigerants in HVAC&R Applications - Part 1

Van D. Baxter; Omar Abdelaziz; Ahmad Abu-Heiba; K. Dean Edwards; Ahmed F. Elatar; Charles E. A. Finney; Viral K. Patel; Mingkan Zhang

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Methodology for Estimating Safe Charge Limits of Flammable Refrigerants in HVAC&R Applications - Part 1

Van D. Baxter, Omar Abdelaziz, Ahmad Abu-Heiba, K. Dean Edwards, Ahmed F. Elatar, Charles E. A. Finney, Viral K. Patel, Mingkan Zhang

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Refrigerant flammability introduces new challenges to the usage of low global warming potential (Low GWP) refrigerants in real life applications. Those challenges are centered around the deflagration risk associated with their use and its implications on personal safety. Standards have been developed to systematically set maximum allowable flammable refrigerant charges to ensure safety in case of refrigerant leakage. These standards were initially based on limited testing and numerical analyses of refrigerant leakage into confined spaces.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	United States
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1460212
State	Published - 2018

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