POWER CONSUMPTION IN ROOM (SPLIT) AIRCONDITIONING USING ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT R-600A

Bhabaranjan Sarmah

Abstract: In this age of rapid economic development India is in need of huge of amount of energy including electricity. The prohibitive cost of setting up of new facilities for production of electricity led to the introduction of various means for saving electricity at every front. Airconditioners are huge consumers of electricity. So, reduction in use of electricity in airconditioner could be very much beneficial to the cause of the nation. At the same time all measures are being taken to save the environment from the hazards of global warming producing chemicals and burning of fossil fuels. All these purposes could be met by introduction of hydrocarbon refrigerants like Isobutane (R-600a). As such in the present work tests have been conducted to measure the saving in electrical energy when the existing-22 gas (refrigerant) is replaced by R-600a as refrigerant in the same system. It is found that substantial saving could be achieved in the consumption of electricity by this replacement without compromising the basic cooling effect. However, the flammability factor of R-600a is to be properly taken care of

Keywords: refrigerant, alternative, electricity, consumption, isobutane, Montreal protocol, ozone depletion, global warming, flammability

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0403046