Experimental study on frost growth and dynamic performance of air source heat pump system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2267-2278

  Guo, Xian Min ^a,b   Chen, Yi Guang ^b   Wang, Wei Hua ^b   Chen, Chun Zheng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; Dynamic performance; Experiment; Frost growth; Frost thickness; Frosting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DROPS; ECOLOGY; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; ICE; MECHANISMS; POWDERS; PUMPS; SILICONES; STAGES; TAPES;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP; CONDENSED WATER; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FROST GROWTH; FROST LAYERS; FROST THICKNESS; FROSTING; HEAT PUMPING; HEATING CAPACITY; ICE CRYSTALS; ICE LAYERS; INITIAL STAGES; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMULATION DATA; THICKNESS GROWTH;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 50549085364     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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