Refrigeration systems with minimum charge of refrigerant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1693-1701

  Palm, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Charge reduction; Mini channel heat exchanger; Refrigerant charge; Refrigerant inventory

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

CHARGE REDUCTION; REFRIGERANT CHARGE; REFRIGERANT INVENTORY;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947592349     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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