Theoretical study and design of a low-grade heat-driven pilot ejector refrigeration machine operating with butane and isobutane and intended for cooling of gas transported in a gas-main pipeline

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1699-1706

  Petrenko, V O ^a,b   Volovyk, O S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ODESSA NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Butane; Ejector; Gas pipeline; Gas turbine; Isobutane; System

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COMBINED SYSTEM; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; EJECTOR REFRIGERATION; GAS TURBINE COMPRESSORS; HEAT-DRIVEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANTS; HYDROCARBON VAPORS; ISOBUTANES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MACHINE OPERATING; POWER CYCLE; POWER PRODUCTION; SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BUTANE; EJECTORS (PUMPS); ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; GAS COMPRESSORS; GAS TURBINES; HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; PIPELINES; REFRIGERATION; TURBOMACHINERY; VAPORS;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES;

EID: 80052756926     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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