Irreversible four-temperature-level absorption refrigerator

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-360

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Zheng, Tong ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a   Wu, Chih ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite time thermodynamics; Four temperature level absorption refrigeration cycle; Irreversible cycle

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMICS; FOUR-TEMPERATURE-LEVEL ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE; IRREVERSIBLE CYCLE; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTION;

REFRIGERATORS;

ABSORPTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 32544434993     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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