Performance assessment of HC-290 as a drop-in substitute to HCFC-22 in a window air conditioner

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 594-604

  Devotta, S ^a   Padalkar, A S ^b   Sane, N K ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c WALCHAND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; COP; Evaporator; Experiment; Performance; Propane; R 22; Simulation; Window

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; EVAPORATORS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PARTIAL PRESSURE; PROPANE; REFRIGERANTS; WINDOWS;

AIR CONDITIONERS; COP; R-22; SIMULATION MODEL;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 18144368949     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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