Analysis on performance characteristics of ejector with variable area-ratio for multi-evaporator refrigeration system based on experimental data

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Li, Cui ^a,b   Li, Yanzhong ^a   Cai, Wenjian ^b   Hu, Yu ^b   Chen, Haoran ^b   Yan, Jia ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical area ratio; Entrainment ratio; Experiment; Multi evaporator refrigeration system; Pressure recovery; Variable ejector

Indexed keywords

EJECTORS (PUMPS); EVAPORATORS; EXPERIMENTS; RECOVERY; REFRIGERATION;

AREA RATIOS; ENTRAINMENT RATIO; EXPERIMENT AND ANALYSIS; MULTI-EVAPORATOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PRESSURE RECOVERY; PRESSURE RECOVERY PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE RECOVERY RATIOS;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 84899807562     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.04.031     Document Type: Article

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