The development and calibration of a generic dynamic absorption chiller model

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 533-544

  Borg, Simon Paul ^a   Kelly, Nicolas James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption cooling; Building simulation; Dynamic modelling; Experimental data calibration; Micro trigeneration modelling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; BUILDING SIMULATION; CONTROL VOLUMES; DATA CALIBRATION; DATA MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC ABSORPTION; ENERGY PRICES; HEAT AND POWER; LUMPED MASS; NUMEROUS MODELS; PERFORMANCE MAPS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES;

CALIBRATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC MODELS; POWER GENERATION; REFRIGERATORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 84870624955     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.08.046     Document Type: Article

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