An investigation of R417a as a drop-in alternative for R22 in a residential heat pump

Collection of Technical Papers - 9th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 291-300

  Gao, Zhiming ^a   Mei, Viung C ^a   Chen, Fang C ^a   Tomlinson, John ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FLUOROCARBONS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; REFRIGERANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROFLUOROCARBON (HFC) REFRIGERANTS; RESIDENTIAL HEAT PUMPS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845516422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-2934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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