CO2-C3H8 cascade refrigeration-heat pump system: Heat exchanger inventory optimization and its numerical verification

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1207-1213

  Bhattacharyya, Souvik ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^b   Sarkar, J ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcul; Calculation; Carbon dioxide; Cascade system; Dioxyde de carbone; changeur de chaleur; Heat exchanger; Mod lisation; Modelling; Optimisation; Optimization; Performance; Propane; Refrigerated system; Syst me en cascade; Syst me frigorifique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CALCUL; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASCADE SYSTEM; DIOXYDE DE CARBONE; HEAT EXCHANGER; MODELLING; OPTIMISATION; PERFORMANCE; PROPANE; REFRIGERATED SYSTEM;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 51249092813     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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