A heat exchanger model for mixtures and pure refrigerant cycle simulations

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 244-255

  Judge, John ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Mixture; Simulation; Zeotropic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATORS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXTURES; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERANTS;

CONTINUITY EQUATION; ENERGY EQUATION; MOMENTUM EQUATION; SPECIES EQUATION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0031167005     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(97)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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