Energy, Exergy, and Exergoenvironmental Assessments of Solar-Assisted Absorption Cooling Systems and Conventional Air-Conditioning System: A Comparative Study

Exergetic, Energetic and Environmental Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 435-455

  Alimoradiyan, Hamed ^a   Ratlamwala, Tahir A H ^b  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SHAHEED ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Absorption cooling system; Energy; Exergoenvironmental; Exergy; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041250871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813734-5.00025-1     Document Type: Chapter

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