Analysis of electric power architectures to improve availability and efficiency of air conditioning systems

INTELEC, International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Proceedings)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kwasinski, Alexis ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Availability; Combined heat and power; Distributed generation; Energy efficiency; Microgrids; Power architectures

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

AC POWERS; AIR CONDITIONERS; AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWERS; COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS; DC POWERS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWERS; IT APPLICATIONS; MICROGRID; MICROGRIDS; MODULAR DESIGNS; POWER ARCHITECTURES; POWER SUPPLIES; TELECOM; VARIABLE SPEEDS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 58049099629     PISSN: 02750473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INTLEC.2008.4664046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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