Enhancements in domestic refrigeration, approaching a sustainable refrigerator – A review

J.M. Belman-Flores, J.M. Barroso-Maldonado, A.P. Rodríguez-Muñoz and G. Camacho-Vázquez

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 955-968

Abstract: The refrigerator is an essential domestic appliance product and is available worldwide. Additionally, the technologies on which the majority of refrigerators are based involve high energy consumption, and environmental deterioration due to the type of energy input and the use of certain work fluids. Therefore, how refrigerators work is of great interest, and in recent years the development of diverse research in this field has intensified. As a consequence, in this article we present an exhaustive review of the research with the greatest impact on domestic refrigeration, based on vapor compression such as modeled, thermal stratification, control, environmentally innocuous refrigerants, thermal isolation, and hybrid systems, among others. Based on the above, we present the principal trends in this area, of interest to both industry and researchers.

Keywords: Compression vapor; Energy consumption; Efficiency; Optimization; Modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.003

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