Steady-state model of centrifugal liquid chillers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 343-358

  Browne, M W ^a   Bansal, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Centrifugal; Chiller; Coefficient of performance; Model; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032136673     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(98)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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