Effects of evaporator frosting on the performance of an air-to-air heat pump

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Martinez Frias J ^a   Aceves, S M ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INGENIERÍA Y DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL   (Mexico)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EVAPORATORS; FROST EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; EQUATIONS OF CONSERVATION OF MASS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032650794     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2795061     Document Type: Article

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