Experimental investigation on a solar assisted heat pump in-store drying system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1718-1724

  Li, Y ^a   Li, H F ^a   Dai, Y J ^a   Gao, S F ^b   Wei, Lei ^b   Li, Z L ^b   Odinez, I G ^c   Wang, R Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Grain Reserves Corporation   (China)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium model; Grain; Heat pump; In store drying; Solar air collector

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; GRAIN; HEAT PUMP; IN-STORE DRYING; SOLAR AIR COLLECTOR;

DRYING; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CURING;

EID: 79954440811     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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