Relationship between energy wheel speed and effectiveness and its transient response, part I: Mathematical development of the characteristic time constants and their relationship with effectiveness

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 89-102

  Abe, Oyetope O ^b   Besant, Robert W ^a,c   Simonson, Carey J ^a,c   Shang, Wei ^a,c  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b Halliburton Energy Service   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SHIFT; ROTATION; ROTORS; TRANSIENTS;

ENERGY WHEEL SPEED; STEADY STATE OPERATION; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

WHEELS;

EID: 33750294079     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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