Performance evaluation of an air-conditioning compressor part II: Volute flow predictions

International Journal of Rotating Machinery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-250

  Lee, Yu Tai ^a   Bein, Thomas W ^a  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning compressor; Cutwater (tongue); Diffuser; Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes equations; Volute

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004178104     PISSN: 1023621X     EISSN: 15423034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1023621X99000214     Document Type: Article

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