Application of adaptive control in a refrigeration system to improve performance

Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-182

  Filho, Enio Pedone Bandarra ^a   Garcia, Francisco E Moreno ^b   Mendoza, Oscar S Hernandez ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculty of Engineering   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Coefficient of performance; Control; Fuzzy; Refrigeration system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE FUZZY CONTROL; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC CARDS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FREQUENCY INVERTER; FUZZY; LABVIEW SOFTWARE; PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SERIAL PORT; SIGNAL OUTPUT; THERMOSTATIC EXPANSION VALVES; VARIABLE SPEED COMPRESSORS;

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONDENSER TUBES; CONTROLLERS; FUZZY CONTROL; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 80052333296     PISSN: 16785878     EISSN: 18063691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-58782011000200008     Document Type: Article

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