Dynamic characteristics of an air-to-water heat pump under frosting/defrosting conditions

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1996-2002

  Huang, D ^a   He, Z L ^a   Yuan, X L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defrosting; Frosting; Heat pump; Hunting; Maldistribution

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; EVAPORATORS; FROST EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOSTATS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

AIRFLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; AIRFLOW UNIFORMITY; INTERMITTENT HUNTING; THERMOSTATIC EXPANSION VALVE (TEV);

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247117965     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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