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Fig. 1.18 Trends in working fluids for refrigeration units: a closed cycle.
Redrawn from [28].
1.6.3 Summary: Basic requirements for working fluids
• Thermodynamic
• Large heat of vaporization and the largest values of the Clausius number Cl which rep-
resents the ratio of energy transport associated with the fluid momentum to energy trans-
fer by thermal conduction:
3
2
V Lr rV V
Cl ¼ ¼
l DT l DT=T
Fig. 1.19 Triune concept of sustained development [30].