Experimental and numerical study on microchannel and round-tube condensers in a R410A residential air-conditioning system

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 822-831

  Park, Chang Yong ^a   Hrnjak, Pega ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Comparison; Condenser; Cooling system; Experiment; Finned tube; Microchannel; Modelling; Simulation; Smooth tube

Indexed keywords

CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COOLING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MICROCHANNELS;

COOLING CAPACITY; FINNED TUBES; PACKAGE VOLUMES; SMOOTH TUBES;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 44649176337     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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