Electrostatic Regeneration of Refrigerant

Author

Mihalcioiu, Adrian ; Takashima, Kazunori ; Mizuno, Akira ; Ohno, Makoto ; Ozawa, Yasuhiro

Author_Institution

Ecological Eng. Dept., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

635

Lastpage

640

Abstract

The ubiquity of air conditioning and cooling systems, the ban on refrigerant release to the environment, and the high energy required by the refrigerant decomposition process give good opportunity for a novel technology to deliver a "like new" recycled refrigerant. In this paper we present several electrostatic processes at the heart of this technology: tribocharging the recovered mix of oil and refrigerant; the oil is removed by an electrostatic filter; a Faraday ring sensor monitors filter efficiency. A portable system prototype incorporating these technologies was built..

Keywords

Faraday effect; cooling; decomposition; filters; recycling; refrigerants; triboelectricity; Faraday ring sensor; cooling systems; decomposition process; electrostatic filter; electrostatic processes; electrostatic regeneration; oils; recycled refrigerant; tribocharging; Cooling; Costs; Electrostatics; Filters; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Lubricating oils; Petroleum; Protocols; Recycling; Refrigerants; processes, triboelectricity, separation, refrigerant, recycling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9878

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TDEI.2009.5128499

Filename

5128499