Modeling and Optimization of Refrigeration Systems

• Published in: Optimization of Energy Systems pp. 133 - 182
• Main Authors: Ahmadi, Pouria, Dincer, Ibrahim, Rosen, Marc A
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2017; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
• Subjects: absorption chiller; energy analysis; energy systems; exergy analysis; HISTORY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS; multi‐objective optimization; objective functions; refrigeration cycles; refrigeration engineers; total cost rate

This chapter first describes refrigeration cycles and their energy and exergy analyses, and to model comprehensively and optimize selected refrigeration systems. It then defines objective function(s) and, usually, applying multi‐objective optimization to determine the best optimal design parameters...