Exergoeconomic analyses of a gas engine driven heat pump drier and food drying process

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2677-2684

  Gungor, Aysegul ^a   Erbay, Zafer ^b   Hepbasli, Arif ^c  

^a GEDIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drying; EXCEM; Exergoeconomic; Exergy analysis; Gas engine driven heat pump; Heat pump

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRYING; EXERGY; GAS ENGINES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; TEMPERATURE;

EXCEM; EXERGOECONOMIC; EXERGY ANALYSIS; GAS ENGINE DRIVEN HEAT PUMP; HEAT PUMP;

CURING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINE; EXERGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953038786     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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