Development, evaluation, and demonstration of a virtual refrigerant charge sensor

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-136

  Li, Haorong ^a   Braun, James E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRIGERATION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

CURRENT PRACTICES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPERATING CONDITION; REFRIGERANT CHARGE; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; STAND ALONE TOOLS; VAPOR COMPRESSION CYCLE;

REFRIGERANTS;

EID: 77749298618     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390828     Document Type: Article

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