%0 Journal Article %T Contaminants in circulating refrigerant %A Skrzyniowska, Dorota %J Czasopismo Techniczne %V 2017 %R 10.4467/2353737XCT.17.137.6888 %N Volume 8 Year 2017 (114) %P 153-163 %K refrigerant, contaminants, mixture, specific enthalpy, thermodynamic cycle, refrigerating cycle, positivedisplacement compressor %@ 0011-4561 %D 2017 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/contaminants-in-circulating-refrigerant %X Contaminants are inventible in the refrigeration cycle. Lubricant, water and moist air are the main contaminants in circulated refrigerant. This paper attempts to show how the presence of such contaminants influences the thermodynamic parameters of the refrigerating cycle and the mixture, which comes at the beginning..