Experimental study of vertical ground-source heat pump performance evaluation for cold climate in Turkey

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1257-1265

  Ozyurt, Omer ^a   Ekinci, Dundar Arif ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Agri IC University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cold climate region; COP; Energy analyses; Ground source heat pump

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; PUMPS;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COLD CLIMATE; ENERGY ANALYSIS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT; MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL; WATER CIRCULATING PUMPS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

COLD REGION; COOLING; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP;

EID: 78650557948     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.046     Document Type: Article

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