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1 online resource |
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Mechanical engineering theory and applications |
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Mechanical engineering theory and applications.
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| Contents |
""REFRIGERATION: THEORY, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""INDUSTRIAL DRYING HEAT PUMPS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. DRYING PROCESS""; ""2.1. Generalities""; ""2.2. Drying Schedules""; ""2.3. Control of Driers""; ""2.4. Drying Efficiency""; ""3. INDUSTRIAL DRIERS""; ""3.4. Heat Recovery Methods""; ""3.5. Heat Pumps""; ""3.3.1. Principlup to state 1 before entering the compressor. At this point, the cycle is repeated.""; ""3.5.2. Advanced cycles""; ""3.5.3. Working fluids""; ""3.5.4. Design of heat pumps""; ""3.5.5. Performance of heat pumps"" |
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""4. DRYING HEAT PUMPS""""4.1. Principle""; ""4.2. Energy Performances""; ""4.3. Payback Period""; ""4.4. Optimization Requirements""; ""4.4.1. Background""; ""4.4.2. System integration""; ""4.4.3. Refrigerant side""; ""4.4.4. Air side""; ""5. WOOD DRYING HEAT PUMPS""; ""5.1. Wood drying""; ""5.1.1. Moisture movement in wood""; ""5.1.2. Evaporation rate""; ""5.2. Wood Driers""; ""5.2.1. Generalities""; ""5.2.2. Types of wood driers""; ""5.2.3. Ecological aspects""; ""5.3. Energy Requirements""; ""5.4. Design issues""; ""5.4.1. Heat pump capacity""; ""5.4.2. Drier capacity"" |
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""5.5. Control Aspects""""5.5.1. Refrigerant migration""; ""5.5.1.1. Small-scale heat pumps""; ""5.5.1.2. Large-scale heat pumps""; ""5.5.2. Refrigerant superheating""; ""5.5.3. Dehumidification rate""; ""5.5.3.1. Evaporator air by-passing""; ""5.5.3.2 Variable air flow rate""; ""5.5.3.3. Intermittent drying""; ""5.5.4. Wet-bulb temperature setting""; ""5.5.5. Back-up heating""; ""5.6. Performances of Improved System""; ""5.6.1. Thermodynamic parameters""; ""5.6.2. Energy performances""; ""6. CASE STUDIES""; ""6.1. Low-Temperature Wood Drying Heat Pump""; ""6.1.1. System description"" |
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""6.1.2. Drying schedule and control""""6.1.3. Energy consumption and costs""; ""6.1.4. Water extraction""; ""6.1.5. Dehumidification rate""; ""6.1.6. Dehumidification performances""; ""6.1.7. Conclusions""; ""6.2. High-Temperature Wood Drying Heat Pump""; ""6.2.1. System configuration""; ""6.2.2. Drying schedule""; ""6.3. Thermodynamic Parameters""; ""6.2.4. Energy performances""; ""6.2.5. Operating lessons learned""; ""6.2.6. Conclusions""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ROOM TEMPERATURE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION"" |
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""Historical Background in Refrigeration Technology""""Towards Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature""; ""PHYSICS AND FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONS""; ""The Magnetocaloric Effect""; ""MCE Thermodynamics""; ""THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES AND PROCESSES""; ""Basic Joule Cycle""; ""Active Magnetic Regeneration (AMR)""; ""Performance Parameters of MR""; ""System Modelization""; ""Case Study: The Steyert Rotary Device""; ""RTMR: ROOM TEMPERATURE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION""; ""MATERIALS""; ""Second Order Magnetic Transition Materials""; ""Gd and Its Alloys""; ""Transition Metal Compounds"" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Low temperature engineering
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Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Larsen, Mikkel E., editor
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| LC no. |
2020679039 |
| ISBN |
9781617282300 |
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1617282308 |
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