Application of the cumulative exergy approach to different air conditioning systems

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1999-2004

  Pu, Jing ^a,c   Liu, Guilian ^b   Feng, Xiao ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c Taiyuan Urban Planning and Design Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Cumulative exergy; Efficiency; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; COOLED WATER; CUMULATIVE EXERGY; DIRECT-FIRED; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; WATER CHILLER;

CENTRIFUGATION; EXERGY; PUMPS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 77956174219     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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