Simulation of the performance of single jet air curtains for vertical refrigerated display cabinets

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 201-219

  Ge, Y T ^a   Tassou, S A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air curtains; Display cabinets; Mathematical modelling; Refrigeration systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012880231     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(00)00040-5     Document Type: Article

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