Performance limits of real absorption refrigerators

Journal of the Energy Institute

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Chen, L ^a   Zheng, T ^a   Sun, F ^a   Wu, C ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling load; COP; Finite time; Four heat reservoir absorption refrigerator; Irreversible cycle; Thermodynamic optimization; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR MODEL; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP); COOLING LOAD; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; FOUR-HEAT-RESERVOIR ABSORPTION REFRIGERATOR; IRREVERSIBLE FOUR-HEAT-RESERVOIR CYCLE MODEL; NEWTON HEAT TRANSFER LAW; REAL ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS;

COOLING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 25444508994     PISSN: 01442600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174602205X53320     Document Type: Article

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