Theoretical and experimental study on a self-refrigerating system for LNG-fueled refrigerated vehicles

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-199

  Tan, Hongbo ^a   Li, Yanzhong ^a   Tuo, Hanfei ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquefied natural gas; Recovery of cold energy; Refrigerated vehicle

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; RECOVERY; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION; VAPORS; VEHICLES;

COLD ENERGY; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION; OPERATING CONDITION; REFRIGERATING EFFECTS; REFRIGERATING TEMPERATURES; REFRIGERATION PERFORMANCE; VAPOR-COMPRESSION SYSTEMS;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

EID: 84904434027     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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