Studies on bubble pump for a water-lithium bromide vapour absorption refrigerator

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 452-462

  Pfaff, Marcus ^a,b   Saravanan, R ^a   Prakash Maiya, M ^a   Srinivasa Murthy, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Fachhochschule Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption systems; Pump; Refrigeration system; Water lithium bromide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032164506     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(98)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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