Development and assessment of defrosting strategies for transport refrigeration systems

Proceedings of 8th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Donnellan, Wayne J ^a   Lohan, John ^a   Gleeson, Ken ^b  

^a Atlantic Technological University   (Ireland)

^b Thermo King Europe Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATORS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; REFRIGERATOR CARS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

COMPRESSOR SPEEDS; EVAPORATOR COILS; TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS;

DEFROSTING;

EID: 33845753041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/esda2006-95567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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