Cooling loads analysis of an endoreversible solar absorption refrigerator cycle

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 452-465

  Fellah, A ^a   Ben Brahim, A ^a   Bourouis, M ^b   Coronas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

absorption cycle; conceptual design; cooling load; endoreversible; hierarchical decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348838176     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2006.010236     Document Type: Article

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