Thermoeconomic optimisation of the condenser in a vapour compression heat pump

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-441

  Dentice D'Accadia, Massimo ^a   Vanoli, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Condenser; Design; Heat exchanger; Heat pump; Optimization; R134a; R22; R410A; Tube

Indexed keywords

CONDENSER TUBES; COSTS; DIFFUSION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; EXERGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

R1334A; R22; R410A; THERMOECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642603355     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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