Abstract
The article presents a proposal to use a simple and transparent method in aiding the decision making on the selection of lubricants for refrigeration compressors on the basis of various tribological tests. Tribological studies included full lubrication and poor lubrication conditions for both the lubricants themselves and the oil/ refrigerant mixtures. The Bellinger method was chosen as a method to support the selection of lubricants. The decision making aiding process on the selection of lubricants for various mechanisms of mixing lubricating oil with a refrigerant was presented. A mixture of polyester oils with the R452A refrigerant was chosen for the mixing mechanism by simultaneous intermolecular diffusion and natural mass convection. However, for the mixing mechanism only by intermolecular diffusion, a mixture of mineral oils with the R600a was selected. Simulations were carried out of several decision-making situations depending on the approach of the decisionmaker, i.e. economic, qualitative, or sustainable. In each of the options, weightings were subjectively assigned to individual criteria, trying to reflect the approach of decision-maker.
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