An experimental study on the operating performance of a novel reverse-cycle hot gas defrosting method for air source heat pumps

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Wenju, Hu ^a   Yiqiang, Jiang ^a   Minglu, Qu ^b   Long, Ni ^a   Yang, Yao ^a   Shiming, Deng ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air source heat pumps; Defrosting; Phase change material (PCM); Reverse cycle hot gas; Thermal energy storage (TES)

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOURCE HEAT PUMP; COIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HOT GAS; HOT GAS DEFROSTING; OPERATING MODES; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); SUCTION PRESSURES; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES); THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

FLYWHEELS; GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PUMPS; STANDARDS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL ENERGY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

DEFROSTING;

EID: 78049446451     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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