Thermodynamic analysis of absorption chillers: Internal dissipation and process average temperature

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 671-682

  Ng, K C ^a   Tu, K ^a   Chua, H T ^a   Gordon, J M ^b   Kashiwagi, T ^c   Akisawa, A ^c   Saha, B B ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption chiller; Ammonia water binary mixture; Process average temperature; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

ABSORPTION CHILLERS TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS-AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (PAT); VAPOR-CYCLE RECIPROCATING CHILLERS;

REFRIGERATING MACHINERY;

EID: 0032137271     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(97)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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