Simulation of intermittent thermal compression processes using adsorption technology

Journal of the Franklin Institute

Volumn 344, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 725-740

  Gadalla, Mohamed A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adsorption technology; Adsorption desorption processes; Thermal compression system

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOMENTUM; REFRIGERANTS;

ADSORPTION SYSTEMS; ADSORPTION TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL COMPRESSION SYSTEM;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34248592073     PISSN: 00160032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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