Performance comparison of air source heat pump with R407C and R22 under frosting and defrosting

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-239

  Liu, Zhiqiang ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^b   Wang, Hanqing ^a   Peng, Wangming ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; Defrosting; Dynamic characteristics; Frosting; R22; R407C

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; MACHINE DESIGN; REFRIGERANTS;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; AIR SOURCES; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FROSTING;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 36348953070     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.06.033     Document Type: Article

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