Transient modeling of an air-cooled chiller with economized compressor. Part I: Model development and validation

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 2396-2402

  Zhang, Wei Jiang ^a   Zhang, Chun Lu ^b   Ding, Guo Liang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Carrier Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Chiller; Control; Economized screw compressor; Transient modeling

Indexed keywords

AIR-COOLED CHILLERS; CHILLER; CONTROL DESIGNS; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; ECONOMIZED SCREW COMPRESSOR; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; OPERATING CONDITIONS; TRANSIENT MODELING;

COMPRESSORS; COOLING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 64749104754     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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