A new procedure for performance prediction of air conditioning coils

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Vardhan, Abhay ^a   Dhar, P L ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Evaporation; Model; Performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

AIR CONDITIONING COILS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0031682502     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(97)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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