Refrigerant charging unit for residential air conditioners: experiment

• Autorzy: Nguyen Hong Son Le , Nguyen Minh Ha , Thanh Luan Nguyen

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DOI

10.35784/acs-2024-30

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the present work, an automatic R410A refrigerant charger for residential air conditioners is fabricated and tested. The charger operates on the throttling principle and uses the suction pressure of the compressor to estimate the refrigerant charge level. This helps to reduce the risk of compressor damage and ensures the correct composition ratio of R410A refrigerant when charged into the machine. The charging process is controlled by the LabVIEW platform, which provides adequate control and visualization of the charging process. The developed charger meets expectations in solving the technical problems encountered when charging R410A refrigerant for residential air conditioners. It is compact, portable and can be directly controlled through the LabVIEW interface, allowing real-time visualization of the charging process. The present work is expected to make a significant practical contribution, serving as a useful reference for the future manufacturing of compact portable equipment in the residential air conditioning field.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

refrigerant charging; LabVIEW; R410A refrigerant; residential air conditioners

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Promocji Wiedzy ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Applied Computer Science
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 20, no. 3
• Strony: 85--95
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 23 poz., fig.

Twórcy

autor

Nguyen Hong Son Le

• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Faculty of Vehicle and Energy Engineering, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2885-0195

autor

Nguyen Minh Ha

• University of Transport and Communications, Division of Mechanical Engineering, Campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-8862

autor

Thanh Luan Nguyen

• Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Faculty of Vehicle and Energy Engineering, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-2730

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).