Performance enhancement of a thermally activated cooling system using microchannel heat exchangers

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 2951-2962

  Wang, Hailei ^a   Peterson, Richard B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Efficiency; Heat exchanger; Microchannel; Organic Rankine cycle (ORC); Performance enhancement; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SIDE; COMBINED SYSTEM; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; DESIGN APPROACHES; HEAT SOURCES; HOT OIL; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MASS FLOW RATE; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; THERMAL SOURCE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; VAPOR COMPRESSION COOLING; WASTE-HEAT RECOVERY;

BOILERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MICROCHANNELS; RANKINE CYCLE; RECUPERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 79960921591     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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