Simulation of Mixing Synthetic with hydrocarbons Refrigerant to Reduce the Value of Global Warming Potential with Refprop Software

Abstract

The problem of global warming or called GWP (Global Warming Potential) that occurs in the earth’s atmosphere, one of which comes from synthetic refrigerants used in household air-conditioning refrigeration machines. R410A is a refrigerant that still contains GWP: 1942. Hydrocarbon refrigerant is a refrigerant that does not contain ODP (Ozone Depleting Potential) and a very small GWP. By using ref prop software, the mixing process can be simulated to obtain refrigerants that have characteristics similar to R410A. Mixing using R32 / R290 ingredients varied with percentage compositions ranging from 50/50, 40/60, 30/70, 20/80, and 10/90. From the simulation results, a mixture approaching R410A with 10/90 composition with COP: 3.85 for R410A and 5.76 for 10/90 mixture was obtained. Compression ratio: R410A: 2.8 and for mixed refrigerants 10/90: 1.8. The refrigerant effect of mixed refrigerants is 10/90: 264,13, R410A: 161,68. By using this refrigerant mixture can reduce the GWP and improve the performance of the Air Conditioning cooling system so that it has a reduced GWP value that can be obtained significantly and has a large enough potential to replace the R410A.