Evaporator superheat regulation via emulation of semi-active flow control

Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 2009, DSCC2009

Volumn , Issue PART B, 2010, Pages 1377-1384

  Elliott, Matthew ^a   Rasmussen, Bryan P ^a  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATORS; FLOW CONTROL; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CASCADED CONTROLS; ELECTRONIC EXPANSION VALVES; ELECTRONIC VALVES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; MECHANICAL CONTROL; OPERATING CONDITION; TRANSIENT DISTURBANCES; VAPOR COMPRESSION COOLING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953799061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2009-2520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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