Use of nanoparticles to make mineral oil lubricants feasible for use in a residential air conditioner employing hydro-fluorocarbons refrigerants

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2111-2117

  Wang, Ruixiang ^a,b   Wu, Qingping ^a   Wu, Yezheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency ratio (EER); Hydro fluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants; Mineral oil (MO) lubricant; Nanoparticles; Residential air conditioner (RAC); Solubility

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONERS; ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANT; EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; HYDRO-FLUOROCARBON (HFC) REFRIGERANTS; NANOFLUIDS; NEW MINERAL; POWER INPUT; REFRIGERATING SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION LUBRICANTS; REFRIGERATION OIL; RESIDENTIAL AIR CONDITIONER (RAC); WORKING FLUID;

AIR CONDITIONING; BLENDING; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; FLUOROCARBONS; LUBRICATING OILS; MINERAL OILS; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES; REFRIGERANTS; REFRIGERATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOLUBILITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956170470     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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