Analysis of a solar-assisted ejector cooling system for air conditioning

International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Varga, Szabolcs ^a   Oliveira, Armando C ^a   Diaconu, Bogdan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Universitatea Constantin Brancusi din Targu Jiu   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ejectors; Modelling; Operating conditions; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; CONDENSER TEMPERATURE; CONSTANT PRESSURES; COOLING POWER; DESIGN VALUE; EJECTOR COOLING SYSTEM; EJECTOR CYCLE; EJECTOR REFRIGERATION; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE; GENERATOR TEMPERATURE; INITIAL COSTS; OPERATING CONDITION; SOLAR THERMAL; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING SYSTEMS; EJECTORS (PUMPS); REFRIGERATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEATING;

AIR EJECTORS;

EID: 77950524047     PISSN: 17481317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlct/ctn001     Document Type: Article

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