A simulation study on the operating performance of a solar-air source heat pump water heater

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1257-1265

  Xu, Guoying ^a   Zhang, Xiaosong ^a   Deng, Shiming ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Heat pump; Simulation; Solar energy; Water heater

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

SOLAR-AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER (SAS-HPWH); VARIABLE-CAPACITY COMPRESSOR; WATER HEATING CAPACITY;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33645019616     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.10.033     Document Type: Article

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