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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777072203321

Autore

Gordon Jeffrey M

Titolo

Cool thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : the engineering and physics of predictive, diagnostic and optimization methods for cooling systems / / Jeffrey M. Gordon and Kim Choon Ng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK, : Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2001

ISBN

1-280-50067-0

9786610500673

1-4237-2108-X

1-904602-33-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NgKim Choon

Disciplina

697

Soggetti

Refrigerants - Thermal properties

Heat pumps

Thermodynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; NOMENCLATURE; CONVERSION TABLE; 1. WHAT THE BOOK HAS TO OFFER AND THE INTENDED AUDIENCES: MODELING, DIAGNOSING AND OPTIMIZING COOLING DEVICES; 2. THERMODYNAMIC AND OPERATIONAL FUNDAMENTALS; 3. STANDARDS, MEASUREMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TEST FACILITIES FOR CHILLERS AND HEAT PUMPS; 4. ENTROPY PRODUCTION, PROCESS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND CHILLER PERFORMANCE: TRANSLATING IRREVERSIBILITIES INTO MEASURABLE VARIABLES; 5. THE FUNDAMENTAL CHILLER MODEL IN TERMS OF READILY-MEASURABLE VARIABLES

6. EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MODEL AND OPTIMIZATION CASE STUDIES FOR RECIPROCATING CHILLERS7. FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF REAL CHILLERS; 8. COOLANT FLOW RATE AS A CONTROL VARIABLE; 9. OPTIMIZATION OF ABSORPTION SYSTEMS; 10. QUASI-EMPIRICAL THERMODYNAMIC MODEL FOR CHILLERS; 11. THE INADEQUACY OF ENDOREVERSIBLE MODELS; 12. HEAT EXCHANGER INTERNAL DISSIPATION IN CHILLER ANALYSIS AND THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ACCURATE PROCESS AVERAGE TEMPERATURES;



13. TEMPERATURE-ENTROPY DIAGRAMS FOR REPRESENTING REAL IRREVERSIBLE CHILLERS; 14. CAVEATS AND CHALLENGES; REFERENCES; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is geared toward those interested in the engineering and physics of air-conditioning and refrigeration devices (chillers). Analytic thermodynamic models are developed for a wide variety of cooling systems and a broad range of operating conditions. These models are easily implemented in the field or laboratory.