Tribological study comparing pag and poe lubricants used in air-conditioning compressors under the presence of co2

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 790-797

  Nunez, Emerson Escobar ^a   Demas, Nicholaos G ^a   Polychronopoulou, Kyriaki ^a   Polycarpou, Andreas A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carbon Dioxide; Compressors; Scuffing; Synthetic Lubricants; Wear; XPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920940646     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402000801911861     Document Type: Article

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