Experimental validation of a prototype ejector designed to reduce throttling losses encountered in transcritical R744 system operation

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-422

  Elbel, Stefan ^a   Hrnjak, Pega ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Compression system; Ejector; Expansion; Experiment; Performance; Refrigeration system; Simulation; Transcritical cycle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; NOZZLES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REFRIGERANTS;

EJECTOR EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PROTOTYPE EJECTORS; THROTTLING LOSSES;

EJECTORS (PUMPS);

EID: 40049112066     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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