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Cool thermodynamics : the engineering and physics of predictive, diagnostic and optimization methods for cooling systems / Jeffrey M. Gordon and Kim Choon Ng.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Jeffrey M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refrigerants--Thermal properties.
- Refrigerants.
- Heat pumps.
- Thermodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : Cambridge International Science Publishing, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-50067-0
- 9786610500673
- 1-4237-2108-X
- 1-904602-33-9
- OCLC:
- 437063568
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