Thermal performance of a variable capacity direct expansion solar-assisted heat pump

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 181-191

  Chaturvedi, S K ^a   Chen, D T ^b   Kheireddine, A ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare collectors; Capacity modulation; Direct expansion; Inverters; Solar heat pump

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CAPACITY MODULATION; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP);

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031995195     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-8904(96)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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