The impact of using chilled water storage systems on the performance of air cooled chillers in Kuwait

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 975-984

  Sebzali, M J ^a   Rubini, P A ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Air cooled; Chilled water storage; Coefficient of performance; Energy consumption; Kuwait; Peak power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WATER PIPELINES;

CHILLED WATER STORAGE (CWS) SYSTEMS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOL THERMAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGY; POWER STATIONS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 34248635939     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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