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Modify an air engine to run refrigerant
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Modify an air engine to run refrigerant

Modify an air engine to run refrigerant

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I am new to this site. I hope I am posting this question in the proper forum. I plan to run a refrigerant through an off-the-shelf vane type air motor. These motors can handle 80 psi. So, I'm going to use co-generation to heat a low pressure refrigerant to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, to get that 80 psi vapor pressure for the engine. The air motor uses 10 scfm to produce X torgue at X rpm. If I provide 10 cubic feet of refrigerant at the condenser pressure, to the motor, will the motor produce the same torque that it would using air? Or, as I suspect, if it is much more complicated, how do I calculate the amount of refrigerant necessary to duplicate power from air.

RE: Modify an air engine to run refrigerant

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Welcome tom,

I don't have anything relevant to your question at the moment but I just wanted to let you know that this topic in particular is not that active.  I would try posting this question in one of the 'Mechanical Engineers' sections, they have more traffic.

Good luck!

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