Performance limits of absorption cycles with external heat-transfer irreversibilities

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Wijeysundera, N E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Absorption refrigeration; Cycle analysis; Entropy generation; Finite time thermodynamics; Irreversibilities; Refrigeration cycles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ENTROPY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; COOLING CAPACITY; CYCLE ANALYSIS; ENTROPY GENERATION; FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT RESERVOIRS; HEAT TRANSFER IRREVERSIBILITIES; REFRIGERATION CYCLES;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 0030084274     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00049-J     Document Type: Article

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