Analysis of the component characteristics of air-cooled chillers for modelling floating condensing temperature control

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 927-939

  Chan, K T ^a   Yu, F W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air cooled chillers; Energy efficiency; Floating condensing temperature control; System modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATORS; HEAT TRANSFER;

AIR-COOLED CHILLERS; FLOATING CONDENSING TEMPERATURE CONTROL; SYSTEM MODELING;

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

EID: 10444225302     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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