HVAC system optimization - Condenser water loop

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 613-630

  Lu, Lu ^a   Cai, Wenjian ^a   Soh, Yeng Chai ^a   Xie, Lihua ^a   Li, Shujiang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Centralized HVAC system; Condenser water loop; Genetic algorithms; Model based optimization; Simulations and experiments

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEATING; OPTIMIZATION; VENTILATION;

CONDENSER WATER LOOPS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 0242523713     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(03)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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