An experimental study on energy recovery by a pelton-type expander in a domestic refrigeration system

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 785-799

  He, Tao ^a   Xia, Chunli ^a   Zhao, Yuanyang ^a   Li, Liansheng ^a   Shu, Pengcheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE IMPELLER; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING CAPACITY; DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; ISENTROPIC EFFICIENCY; LAVAL NOZZLES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM VALUES; ROTATIONAL SPEED; STABLE OPERATION; TESTING CONDITIONS; THROTTLING VALVES; VELOCITY RATIO; WIDE SPEED RANGE;

CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING SYSTEMS; NOZZLES; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATORS;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 77949298827     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2009.10390864     Document Type: Article

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