Ionic Liquids for the Separation of Fluorocarbon Refrigerant Mixtures

KR Baca, K Al-Barghouti, N Wang, MG Bennett… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This review discusses the research being performed on ionic liquids for the separation of
fluorocarbon refrigerant mixtures. Fluorocarbon refrigerants, invented in 1928 by Thomas …

Searching for sustainable refrigerants by bridging molecular modeling with machine learning

III Alkhatib, CG Albà, AS Darwish… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We present here a novel integrated approach employing machine learning algorithms for
predicting thermophysical properties of fluids. The approach allows obtaining molecular …

Understanding the molecular features controlling the solubility differences of R-134a, R-1234ze (E), and R-1234yf in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide …

S Asensio-Delgado, M Viar, AAH Pádua… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work reports a study of the absorption of fluorinated refrigerant gases in ionic liquids
(ILs) from a combined experimental and computational approach to gain insights into the …

Thermodynamic and process modeling of the recovery of R410A compounds with ionic liquids

S Asensio-Delgado, D Jovell, G Zarca, A Urtiaga… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
European regulations are limiting the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as refrigerants
because of their elevated global warming potentials (GWPs). Apart from their substitution by …

Assessment of low global warming potential refrigerants for drop-in replacement by connecting their molecular features to their performance

CG Alba, III Alkhatib, F Llovell… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as an alternative for refrigeration units has grown
over the past decades as a replacement to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), banned by the …

Cascaded dual-loop organic Rankine cycle with alkanes and low global warming potential refrigerants as working fluids

WKA Abbas, J Vrabec - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
A cascaded dual-loop organic Rankine cycle (CD-ORC) consisting of a high-temperature
ORC (HT-ORC) and a low-temperature ORC (LT-ORC) with a shared heat exchanger is …

Vapor–liquid equilibria and diffusion coefficients of difluoromethane, 1, 1, 1, 2-tetrafluoroethane, and 2, 3, 3, 3-tetrafluoropropene in low-viscosity ionic liquids

S Asensio-Delgado, F Pardo, G Zarca… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) established by the Kigali Amendment to the
Montreal Protocol is leading to the formulation and commercialization of new refrigerant …

Life cycle assessment of the separation and recycling of fluorinated gases using ionic liquids in a circular economy framework

D Jovell, JO Pou, F Llovell… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The stricter regulation regarding the use of fluorinated gases (F-gases), as a consequence
of their high Global Warming Potential (GWP), represents a challenge for the refrigeration …

Polar soft-SAFT: theory and comparison with molecular simulations and experimental data of pure polar fluids

III Alkhatib, LMC Pereira, J Torne… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The consideration of polar interactions is of vital importance for the development of
predictive and accurate thermodynamic models for polar fluids, as they govern most of their …

Viscosity prediction of pure refrigerants applying the residual entropy scaling theory coupled with a “Generalized Chart” parametrization method for the Statistical …

X Li, K Kang, Y Gu, X Wang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The residual entropy scaling (RES) theory integrated with different thermodynamic Equation
of States (EoS) have obtained several accurate and simple viscosity models of working …