Refrigerants are used in many applications such as 
stationary and mobile air conditioning and refrigeration 
systems. A commonly used refrigerant such as R134a has a 
low Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) but relatively high 
Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 1400. In recent years 
there has been substantial growth in refrigerant used for 
cooling applications.

small-heat-pump-compressorFor example, between 2002 and 
2010 the refrigerant used has grown from 450 M Tonnes to 
almost 1100 M Tonnes of CO2 equivalent. This rate of 
growth is expected to continue to increase as a result of 
new applications such as domestic heat pumps and Organic 
Rankine Cycles.  As a result, the EU has introduced 
legislation to phase out the use of high GWP refrigerants 
such as R134a by 2030. R134a has already been banned from 
mobile (automotive) applications in Europe and are being 
incentivised out in the US. The use of low GWP 
refrigerants such as R1233zd has major implications on 
the design of compressors.

On Wednesday 1st February, we are running a free 1 hour 
webinar that will show how using the different modules in 
TURBOdesign Suite you can design high efficiency 
compressors rapidly from scratch. We will use an example 
of a small heat pump and show the following design 
process:

- Creation of real gas property tables (RGP) from REFPRO 
for the new refrigerant.
- Meanline design of the compressor by using TURBOdesign 
Pre and the RGP files.
- 3D design of the impeller by TURBOdesign1.
- Optimization of the impeller geometry for multiple 
operating points by TURBOdesign Optima.
- Register for our webinar on Wednesday 1st February to: 

- LEARN TURBOdesign suite: a powerful and highly 
effective design toolset that streamlines the 
design/optimization process and delivers higher 
efficiency of a real gas compressor designs meeting the 
latest requirements.
- DISCOVER how TURBOdesign suite opens up the design 
space and enables engineers and designers to achieve 
higher performances over wide operating ranges.
- SEE how fast and easy it is for users to set-up and 
run.

This webinar is offered several times. Select the time 
that works best for you.

9am GMT:http://info.adtechnology.co.uk/uk-compressors-
webinar-registration
or 
12pm EDT: http://info.adtechnology.co.uk/usa-compressors-
webinar-registration