A method for estimating the composition of the mixture to be charged to get the desired composition in circulation in a single stage JT refrigerator operating with mixtures

Cryogenics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Lakshmi Narasimhan, N ^a   Venkatarathnam, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Composition variation; Concentration; Joule Thomson refrigerators; Non azeotropic mixture; Refrigerant charge

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION VARIATION; CONCENTRATION; HEAT LOADS; JOULE-THOMSON; NON-AZEOTROPIC MIXTURE; SINGLE STAGE; STEADY STATE;

REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATORS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 75149177989     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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