A state of art review on future low global warming potential refrigerants and performance augmentation methods for vapour compression based mobile air conditioning …

R Prabakaran, DM Lal, SC Kim - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2023 - Springer
The use of vapor compression system-based air-conditioning units is predominant in
conventional fossil-fueled and electric vehicles. Mobile air-conditioning (MAC) units play a …

Current state of research in air-conditioning condensate utilization and challenges: A review approach

P Dhamodharan, BK Ayalur, R Prabakaran… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recovery and reuse of condensate generated from the air conditioner are studied
extensively for building a sustainable environment. Recent research on the quantity and …

[HTML][HTML] Selection of the best refrigerant for replacing R134a in automobile air conditioning system using different MCDM methods: A comparative study

G Poongavanam, V Sivalingam, R Prabakaran… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article describes in detail how optimizing performance studies were measured on the
selection of low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants for automobile air conditioning …

[HTML][HTML] An automotive radiator with multi-walled carbon-based nanofluids: A study on heat transfer optimization using MCDM techniques

V Sivalingam, PG Kumar, R Prabakaran, J Sun… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques namely the additive ratio
assessment (ARAS) method and the combinative distance-based assessment (CODAS) are …

Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of R1234yf during evaporation in a plate heat exchanger with offset strip fins: An experimental study

R Prabakaran, M Salman, PG Kumar, D Lee… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plate heat exchangers (PHEs) have been suggested for use in secondary loop air
conditioning systems in automobiles operated with flammable refrigerants, such as R1234yf …

Future refrigerants with low global warming potential for residential air conditioning system: a thermodynamic analysis and MCDM tool optimization

R Prabakaran, V Sivalingam, SC Kim… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Increasing CO2 emission due to the practicing of high global warming potential (GWP)
refrigerant like R22 in split air conditioning (AC) units needs the best substitute to match with …

Energy saving potential in radiant cooling system by utilizing air-conditioning condensate: A strategy for green building rating

P Dhamodharan, BK Ayalur, J Judefelix… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The applicability of recovered air-conditioning condensate in Ceiling Mounted Radiant
Cooling Unit (CMRCU) for achieving thermal comfort in a cabin is studied through field …

Constrained melting of graphene-based phase change nanocomposites inside a sphere

R Prabakaran, J Prasanna Naveen Kumar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
In the present work, the melting behavior of a fatty acid-based phase change material (PCM)
with the addition of functionalized graphene nanoplatelets in a spherical capsule was …

Thermodynamic performance of automobile air conditioners working with R430A as a drop-in substitute to R134a

JD Andrew Pon Abraham, M Mohanraj - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2019 - Springer
The refrigerant R134a is to be phasing out soon in automobile air conditioning applications
due to its high global warming potential of 1430. Hence, it is essential to identify a …

Solidification of graphene-assisted phase change nanocomposites inside a sphere for cold storage applications

R Prabakaran, S Sidney, DM Lal, C Selvam, S Harish - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this work, we experimentally investigated the solidification behavior of functionalized
graphene-based phase change nanocomposites inside a sphere. The influence of …