Performance characteristics of an R600a household refrigeration cycle with a modified two-phase ejector for various ejector geometries and operating conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 205, Issue , 2017, Pages 1059-1067

  Jeon, Yongseok ^a   Kim, Sunjae ^a   Kim, Dongwoo ^a   Chung, Hyun Joon ^a   Kim, Yongchan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Condenser outlet split; COP; Household refrigerator; Two phase ejector

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027587781     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.148     Document Type: Article

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