Refrigerant injection for heat pumping/air conditioning systems: Literature review and challenges discussions

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 402-415

  Xu, Xing ^a   Hwang, Yunho ^a   Radermacher, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; Injection; Liquid; Separation; Tank; Vapor

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COMPONENT LEVELS; COMPRESSOR DESIGNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; HEAT PUMPS; INJECTION; INJECTION PROCESS; INJECTION TECHNIQUES; INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; REFRIGERANT CHARGE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SYSTEM LEVELS; TANK; TWO-PHASE FLOW PATTERNS; VARIABLE SPEED COMPRESSORS; WATER HEATING;

BUILDING COMPONENTS; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; LIQUIDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PUMPS; REFRIGERANTS; RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 79751527699     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.09.015     Document Type: Review

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