Energy and cost savings in household refrigerating appliances: A simulation-based design approach

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3051-3060

  Negrão, Cezar O R ^a   Hermes, Christian J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cost; Design; Energy; Household refrigeration; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COST REDUCTION; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS;

BASELINE SYSTEMS; COMPRESSOR STROKE; COOLING CAPACITY; ENERGY; ENERGY AND COST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SAVING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT TRANSFER AREA; HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION; INSULATION THICKNESS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MINIMUM COST; MINIMUM ENERGY; MODEL PREDICTION; NOVEL DESIGN METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; RUNTIMES; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION-BASED DESIGNS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEM SIMULATION MODELS; TOTAL COSTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; COOLING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 79955481372     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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