Study on performance of solar assisted air source heat pump systems for hot water production in Hong Kong

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2818-2825

  Li, Hong ^a   Yang, Hongxing ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Circulation flow rate; Coefficient of performance; Hot water production; Solar assisted air source heat pump systems

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; PREHEATING; PUMPS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER TANKS;

CIRCULATION FLOW RATE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; HOT-WATER PRODUCTION; INITIAL WATER TEMPERATURE; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; OUTLET-WATER TEMPERATURES; SOLAR ASSISTED; SOLAR COLLECTOR AREAS;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; SOLAR POWER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955715181     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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