Performance of an auto refrigerant cascade refrigerator operating in gas refrigerant supply (GRS) mode with nitrogen-hydrocarbon and argon-hydrocarbon refrigerants

Cryogenics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 350-359

  Gurudath Nayak, H ^a   Venkatarathnam, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Joule Thomson refrigerators; Zeotropic mixtures

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABLE REFRIGERANTS; HYDROCARBON MIXTURE; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANTS; JOULE-THOMSON REFRIGERATORS; REFRIGERANT MIXTURES; ZEOTROPIC MIXTURES;

ARGON; CAVITY RESONATORS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; REFRIGERATORS;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 67349259335     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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