Design of air-cooled R-410A microchannel condensers

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 471-486

  Subramaniam, Vishwanath ^b   Garimella, Srinivas ^a,b  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; AIR-COOLED CONDENSERS; MICROCHANNEL TUBES;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS);

EID: 27644521997     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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