The impact of evaporator fouling and filtration on the performance of packaged air conditioners

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 506-514

  Yang, Li ^a   Braun, James E ^a   Groll, Eckhard A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Air conditioning; Evaporator; Filter; Fouling; Modelling; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATORS; FILTRATION; FOULING; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DROP;

AIR CONDITIONERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO; ENERGY PENALTY; LOW EFFICIENCY FILTERS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 33847156360     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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