A study on the performance enhancement of heat pump using electric heater under the frosting condition: Heat pump under frosting condition

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 539-543

  Kwak, Kyungmin ^a   Bai, Cheolho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

COP; Defrosting; Electric heater; Heat capacity; Heat pump

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC HEATER; HEAT CAPACITIES; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING CAPACITY; INDOOR UNITS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR UNITS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEFROSTING; ELECTRIC HEAT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; PUMPS; SPACE HEATING; SPECIFIC HEAT;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 76549107343     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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