Heating load versus cop characteristics for irreversible air heat pumps

International Journal of Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-111

  Chen, L ^a   Ni, N ^a   Wu, C ^b   Sun, F ^a  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Brayton; Heat pump; Irreversible cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 2242454244     PISSN: 10783466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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