Air-cooled condensers in retail systems using R22 and R404A refrigerants

Applied Energy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-110

  Ge, Yunting ^a   Cropper, Roy ^a  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air cooled condenser; Control strategies; Different refrigerants; Distributed model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REFRIGERANTS;

AIR COOLED CONDENSERS; DISTRIBUTED MODELING METHOD;

CAPACITORS;

AIR CONDITIONING; HEAT EXCHANGER; REFRIGERANT; TUBE ARRAY;

EID: 1642392619     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(03)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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