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The refrigerants such as R1234ze, R152a, R600a, R290 and mixture of R290\/R600a (50\/50) refrigerants are tested with an aluminum minichannel condenser which is designed for R134a. All the refrigerants are experimented for condensation temperature varying from 40 to 55\u00b0C while evaporation temperature varying from \u221210 to +15\u00b0C for every condensing temperature. The performance parameters like volumetric refrigerating capacity, actual work consumption of compressor, coefficient of performance (COP) and condenser capacity are compared for different alternative refrigerants. Aluminum minichannel condenser has reduced condensing temperature by 2\u20133\u00b0C with an increase in COP by 10%. The ratio of volumetric refrigerant capacities for R152a, R1234ze, R600a, R290 and HC mixture of R290\/R600a (50\/50) with respect to R134a are found to be 1.296, 1.143, 0.736, 1.749 and 1.067, respectively which is useful to select specific compressor. 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