Experimental temperature fronts for absorptive heat pump applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 395-404

  Pons, M ^a   Laurent, D ^a   Meunier, F ^a  

^a UFR 919 Laboratoire d'Informatique Pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Heat pumps; Heat transfer; Performance analysis; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; GAS ADSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERATION; REGENERATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADSORPTIVE HEAT PUMPS; ADSORPTIVE REFRIGERATING DEVICES; CONSOLIDATED COMPOSITE ADSORBENTS; TEMPERATURE FRONTS; THERMAL REGENERATION;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030151583     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-4311(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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