Influence of special attributes of zeotropic refrigerant mixtures on design and operation of vapour compression refrigeration and heat pump systems

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 539-545

  Rajapaksha, Leelananda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Azeotropes; Composition sift; Glide matching; Non linearity; Temperature glide; Zeotropes

Indexed keywords

AZEOTROPES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PRODUCT DESIGN; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION;

COMPOSITION SIFT; GLIDE MATCHING; TEMPERATURE GLIDE; VAPOUR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION; ZEOTROPIC MIXTURES; ZEOTROPIC REFRIGERANTS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846000685     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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