Experimental investigation of moderately high temperature water source heat pump with non-azeotropic refrigerant mixtures

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1554-1561

  Zhang, Shengjun ^a   Wang, Huaixin ^a   Guo, Tao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Moderate high temperature heat pump; Near fair experimental assessment methodology; Refrigerant mixtures

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; PUMPS; REFRIGERANTS;

AZEOTROPIC REFRIGERANTS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONDENSING TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT PUMPS; MODERATELY HIGH TEMPERATURE; REFRIGERANT MIXTURES;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PUMP;

EID: 75149155020     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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