A semi-empirical model for steady-state simulation of household refrigerators

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1622-1630

  Gonçalves, Joaquim M ^a   Melo, Cláudio ^b   Hermes, Christian J L ^b  

^a Federal Center of Technological Education of Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic refrigerators; Experimental validation; Semi empirical model; Steady state simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION;

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER MODELS; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HEAT PUMPS; MODELING METHODOLOGIES; POWER CONSUMPTION; REFRIGERATION CAPACITIES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODEL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING; STEADY-STATE BEHAVIORS; STEADY-STATE SIMULATION;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 61349134783     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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