Optimising the refrigeration cycle with a two-stage centrifugal compressor and a flash intercooler

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1366-1375

  Röyttä, Pekka ^a   Turunen Saaresti, Teemu ^a   Honkatukia, Juha ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Centrifugal compressor; Heat exchanger; Intercooler; Modelling; Optimization; Performance; Refrigeration system; Simulation; Two stage system

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR; INTERCOOLER; MODELLING; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TWO-STAGE SYSTEM;

CAPILLARY TUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC MOTORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MINING; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 67949103669     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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