Latent heat effects in thermoelectric air conditioners and heat pumps equipped with a heat exchanger

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-228

  Chen, K ^a   Suphasith, S ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CALCULATIONS; CONDENSATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COEFFICIENTS OF PERFORMANCE; COLD FLOW; FLUID TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS; LATENT HEAT EFFECTS; THERMOELECTRIC AIR CONDITIONERS;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0030243071     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2793866     Document Type: Article

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