Steam jet ejector cooling powered by waste or solar heat

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Meyer, A J ^a   Harms, T M ^a   Dobson, R T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Solar energy; Solar refrigeration; Steam jet ejector; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BOILERS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; EJECTORS (PUMPS); EVAPORATORS; NOZZLES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR REFRIGERATION; STEAM; TELLURIUM; TERBIUM; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT;

CONDENSER PRESSURE; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE; LIQUID TEMPERATURE; OPEN-LOOP CONFIGURATION; SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR; STEAM JET EJECTORS; VAPOUR COMPRESSIONS; WATER-COOLED CONDENSER;

AIR EJECTORS;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JET; SOLAR POWER; STEAM INJECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 51649088114     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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