Water-coupled carbon dioxide microchannel gas cooler for heat pump water heaters: Part II - Model development and validation

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Fronk, Brian M ^a   Garimella, Srinivas ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Gas cooler; Heat exchanger; Heat pump; Heating; Hot water; Microchannel; Modelling; Simulation; Transcritical cycle

Indexed keywords

GAS COOLER; HEAT PUMPS; HOT WATER; MODELLING; SIMULATION; TRANSCRITICAL CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING SYSTEMS; GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; PUMPS; REFRIGERANTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER; WATER HEATERS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 78649742739     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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