Performance optimization of an irreversible Carnot refrigerator with finite mass flow rate

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 567-572

  Yu, Jianlin ^a   Zhou, Yuanyuan ^a   Liu, Ying ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carnot; Irreversible; Optimization; Refrigerator; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CARNOT; CARNOT REFRIGERATORS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; FINITE MASS; IRREVERSIBLE; MASS FLOW RATE; MAXIMUM COP; NEW MODEL; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; RATE CONSTRAINTS; THEORETICAL MODELS; WORKING FLUID;

COLD WORKING; HOT WORKING; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW;

REFRIGERATORS;

EID: 79751523983     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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