Refrigeration and Air Conditioning New Technologies

Author: Yu Bingfeng
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The development of refrigeration and air conditioning has distinct characteristics of energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, and intelligence, which fully reflect the integration and cross-fertilization of refrigeration and air conditioning technology with related technologies. In response to these characteristics, this book introduces some new technologies currently applied in the refrigeration and air conditioning field, including the substitution of CFCs and HCFCs refrigerants, intelligent control, ice storage technology, CO2 automotive air conditioning, and fluid flow measurement technology. It not only clarifies the application background and basic theory of these new technologies but also describes practical examples of their application in refrigeration and air conditioning, and points out research directions for their application in this field. Through studying this book, R&D personnel and designers working in refrigeration and air conditioning can quickly grasp the key points of these new technologies and creatively apply them in their respective jobs. This book can serve as a teaching reference or specialized lecture material for postgraduate and undergraduate students in refrigeration and air conditioning and related fields. It can also be used by technical personnel, maintenance staff, and managers in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry.
Table of Contents
1. Substitution of CFCs and HCFCs Refrigerants
1.1 Ozone Depletion and Global Warming
1.2 Refrigerants
1.3 Refrigerators and Freezers
1.4 Chiller Units
1.5 Air Conditioning Units
1.6 Commercial Refrigeration, Food Storage, Food Processing, Industrial Refrigeration, and Transportation Refrigeration
1.7 Automotive Air Conditioning
1.8 Properties of Insulating Materials and Foamants
1.9 Replaceable Refrigeration Technologies
2. Intelligent Control of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems
2.1 Intelligent Control
2.2 Application and Development of Power Electronics Technology in Refrigeration Technology
2.3 Application of Electronic Expansion Valves in Refrigeration Technology
2.4 Variable Frequency Air Conditioning Intelligent Control System
2.5 Introduction to Electrical Home Network Technology for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems
3. Ice Storage Technology
3.1 Basics of Ice Storage Technology
3.2 Ice Storage Air Conditioning System
3.3 High-Temperature Phase Change Latent Heat Air Conditioning System
3.4 High-Temperature Water Ice Storage Air Conditioning System
4. CO2 Automotive Air Conditioning
4.1 Overview
4.2 Structure and Characteristics of Transcritical CO2 Automotive Air Conditioning
4.3 CO2 Compressor
4.4 CO2 Heat Exchanger
4.5 Auxiliary Equipment and Its Impact on System Control Characteristics
4.6 CO2 Forced Convection Flow and Heat Transfer
4.7 Simulation and Optimization of Transcritical CO2 Automotive Air Conditioning System Performance
5. Development of Fluid Flow Measurement Technology
5.1 Hot-Wire and Hot-Film Anemometer Technology
5.2 Laser Doppler Velocimetry Technology
5.3 Particle Image Velocimetry Technology