Oil concentration in liquid refrigerants: In situ measurement

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 499-508

  Navarro De Andrade, Eduardo ^a   Skowron, Eric ^b   Goldschmidt, Victor W ^c   Groll, Eckhard A ^c  

^a Carrier Corporation   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; LUBRICATING OILS; MIXTURES; SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC VELOCITY SENSORS;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 0345148424     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-7007(99)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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