Performance evaluation of a window room air conditioner with micro-channel condensers

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-B, Issue , 2000, Pages 119-127

  Kim, Man Hoe ^a   Bullard, Clark W ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; REFRIGERANTS; WIND TUNNELS;

CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; INLET CONDITIONS; MICRO CHANNELS; MICROCHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER; PERFORMANCES EVALUATION; ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS; ROUND TUBES; SIMULATION MODEL; TUBE DESIGN;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 85051129821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-1304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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