Transient characteristics of split air-conditioning systems using R-22 and R-410a as refrigerants

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 617-649

  Kapadia, R G ^a   Jain, Sanjeev ^a,b   Agarwal, R S ^b  

^a SV M Inst of Tech   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSER TUBES; EVAPORATORS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATLAB; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFRIGERANTS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROACH; SIMULATION PROGRAM; SPLIT AIR CONDITIONERS; SYSTEM SIMULATIONS; TRANSIENT CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSIENT PRESSURES; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 77749314570     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390854     Document Type: Article

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