Performance analysis of a chilled water system with various pumping schemes

Applied Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-248

  Tirmizi, Syed A ^a   Gandhidasan, P ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chilled water; Chillers; Energy consumption; Pumping system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING WATER; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

CHILLED WATER; CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS; CHILLERS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENGINEERING EQUATION SOLVERS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PUMPING SCHEMES; PUMPING SYSTEMS; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE LOOP;

PUMPS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COOLING; DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING; SOFTWARE; WATER SUPPLY;

DHAHRAN; EASTERN PROVINCE [SAUDI ARABIA]; JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; RIYADH [RIYADH (PRV)]; RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84867733678     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.052     Document Type: Article

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