Experimental investigation of a novel steam ejector refrigerator suitable for solar energy applications

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1320-1325

  Ma, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Omer, S A ^a   Riffat, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ejector tuning; Experimental investigation; Steam jet refrigerator

Indexed keywords

BOILER TEMPERATURE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOLING LOAD; EJECTOR OPERATIONS; EVAPORATING TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINE TUNING; PRIMARY FLOW; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SPINDLE POSITION; STEAM EJECTOR; STEAM JET; STEAM JET REFRIGERATOR;

REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STEAM; TUNING;

EJECTORS (PUMPS);

EID: 77951098476     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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