Comparison between hot-gas bypass defrosting and reverse-cycle defrosting methods on an air-to-water heat pump

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1697-1703

  Huang, Dong ^a   Li, Quanxu ^a   Yuan, Xiuling ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat pump; Hot gas bypass defrosting; Reverse cycle defrosting

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; COMPRESSORS; DEFROSTING; GAS COMPRESSORS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; OFFSHORE PIPELINES; PUMPS; REFRIGERANTS;

AIR-TO-WATER HEAT PUMP; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING CAPACITY; HOT-GAS BYPASS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LIQUID REFRIGERANTS; LIQUID SLUGGING;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

AIRFLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FROST; GAS; HEATING; MELTING; PUMP; PUMPING;

EID: 63449101277     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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