R-152a Refrigeration System for Mobile Air Conditioning 2003-01-0731
In recent years, climate protection has become as important as ozone layer protection was in the late 1980's and early 1990s. Concerns about global warming and climate change have culminated in the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty requiring its signatories to limit their total emission of greenhouse gases to pre-1990 levels by 2008. The inclusion of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as one of the controlled substances in the Kyoto Protocol has increased global scrutiny of the global warming impact of HFC-134a (called R-134a when used as a refrigerant), the current mobile air conditioning refrigerant. Industry's first response was to begin improving current R-134a systems to reduce leakage, reduce charge, and increase system energy efficiency, which in turn reduces tailpipe CO2 emissions. An additional option would be to replace the current R-134a with a refrigerant of lower global warming impact. This paper documents the use of another HFC, R-152a, in a mobile A/C system. It compares its cooling and energy performance with that of a comparable R-134a system. This paper also highlights the environmental benefit of R-152a and pinpoints safety issues that need to be addressed in the future.
Citation: Baker, J., Ghodbane, M., Scherer, L., Kadle, P. et al., "R-152a Refrigeration System for Mobile Air Conditioning," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0731, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-0731. Download Citation
Author(s):
James A. Baker, Mahmoud Ghodbane, Lawrence P. Scherer, Prasad S. Kadle, William R. Hill, Stephen O. Andersen
Affiliated:
Delphi, General Motors Corporation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Pages: 7
Event:
SAE 2003 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle Thermal Management-PT-97, Advances in Automotive Climate Control Technologies-SP-1733, SAE 2003 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems-V112-6
Related Topics:
Air conditioning
Energy conservation
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