Performance prediction of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump using artificial neural networks

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1442-1449

  Mohanraj, M ^a   Jayaraj, S ^a   Muraleedharan, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Direct expansion solar assisted heat pump; Performance prediction

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; EXPANSION; FORECASTING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PUMPS;

BACKPROPAGATION LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAXIMUM CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; POLA-RIBIERE CONJUGATE GRADIENTS (CGP); SCALED CONJUGATE GRADIENTS; SIGMOID TRANSFER FUNCTION; SOLAR ASSISTED HEAT PUMP;

DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 63449103012     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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