A study on the operational stability of a refrigeration system having a variable speed compressor

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1368-1374

  Chen, Yiming ^a   Deng, Shiming ^a   Xu, Xiangguo ^a   Chan, Mingyin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compresseur; Compression system; Compressor; Exp rimentation; Experiment; Refrigeration system; Superheating; Surchauffe; Syst me compression; Syst me frigorifique; Variable speed; Vitesse variable

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPRESSORS; DATA COMPRESSION; EXPERIMENTS; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATORS; SPEED; SYSTEM STABILITY;

COMPRESSEUR; COMPRESSION SYSTEM; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SUPERHEATING; SURCHAUFFE; VARIABLE SPEED; VITESSE VARIABLE;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 55249084681     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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