Thermodynamic-behaviour model for air-cooled screw chillers with a variable set-point condensing temperature

Applied Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-279

  Chan, K T ^a   Yu, F W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air cooled chillers; Coefficient of performance; Condensing temperature; Screw compressors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPRESSORS; CONDENSATION; SCREWS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR-COOLED CHILLERS; CODENSING TEMPERATURE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP); SCREW COMPRESSORS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 28144461922     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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