Design and construction of an air cooled ammonia absorber

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 0210061-0210067

  Velázquez, Nicolás ^a   Sauceda, Daniel ^a   Quintero Núñezz, Margarito ^a   Best, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absorbers; Air conditioning; Cooling cycle; Refrigeration systems; Solar cooling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; AIR FLOW; ALUMINUM FINS; AMMONIA ABSORPTION; CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION PARAMETER; COOLING CYCLE; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN CRITERION; EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES; FINNED TUBE; MECHANICAL DESIGN; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL DESIGN; OPERATIONAL SIMULATIONS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR COOLING; SOLAR GENERATOR;

ABSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; AMMONIA; CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 77955189634     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3097273     Document Type: Article

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