Techno-economic analysis between the performances of heat source air conditioners in South Africa

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 661-669

  Petit, P J ^a   Meyer, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air source air conditioner; Ground source air conditioner; Horizontal water loop; Techno economic analysis; Vertical water loop

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SPACE HEATING;

GROUND-SOURCE AIR CONDITIONERS;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 0032068816     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(97)10005-X     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. ASHRAE, Applications Handbook (SI). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA, 1995.
2. Weather Bureau, Climate of South Africa, Climate Statistics up to 1984, WB40. Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa, 1988.
3. Weather Bureau, Climate of South Africa, Part 1, Climate Statistics, WB19. Government Printer, Pretoria, South Africa, 1954.
4. Meyer, J. P. and Greyvenstein, G. P., Heat Transfer Engineering, 1993, 14, 44-50.
5. Eskilson, P., Thermal Analysis of Heat Extraction Boreholes. University of Lund, Sweden, 1987.