Thermal analysis of PV/T evaporator of a solar-assisted heat pump

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-545

  Ji, Jie ^a   Liu, Keliang ^a   Chow, Tin Tai ^b   Pei, Gang ^a   He, Hanfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distributed parameters; Heat and electricity conversion; PV T evaporator; Solar assisted heat pump (SAHP)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; EVAPORATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SPACE HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETERS APPROACH; SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMP;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; EVAPORATORS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SPACE HEATING; THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 34247272477     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1264     Document Type: Article

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