Simulation of hybrid ground-coupled heat pump with domestic hot water heating systems using HVACSIM+

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1731-1736

  Cui, Ping ^a   Yang, Hongxing ^a   Spitler, Jeffrey D ^b   Fang, Zhaohong ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic hot water; Ground heat exchanger; Hybrid ground coupled heat pump; Thermal storage water tank

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER HEATERS;

DOMESTIC HOT WATER (DHW); ELECTRIC HEATERS; HYBRID GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMPS; METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; WATER HEATING SYSTEMS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 44349181934     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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