Performance evaluation of a variable speed DC compressor

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 745-757

  Ekren, Orhan ^a   Celik, Serdar ^b   Noble, Brad ^b   Krauss, Ryan ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct current; Energy saving; Exergy; Refrigeration; Variable speed

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT-SPEED OPERATIONS; DIRECT CURRENT; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS; REFRIGERATION COMPRESSORS; VARIABLE SPEED; VARIABLE SPEED OPERATIONS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXERGY; REFRIGERATION;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 84875228342     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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