Solar heat pump drying and water heating in the tropics

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 492-499

  Hawlader, M N A ^a   Jahangeer, K A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coefficient of performance; Drying; Heat pump; Solar fraction; Specific moisture extraction rate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER HEATERS;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; SOLAR FRACTION; SPECIFIC MOISTURE EXTRACTION RATE; WATER HEATING;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER HEATERS;

AIRFLOW; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33646143326     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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