Experimental studies on a ground coupled heat pump with solar thermal collectors for space heating

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5292-5300

  Xi, Chen ^a   Hongxing, Yang ^a   Lin, Lu ^a   Jinggang, Wang ^b   Wei, Liu ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Borehole temperature; Experiment; Geothermal applications; Heat pumps; Heating; Operation modes; SAGCHP; Solar thermal applications

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; PUMPS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SPACE HEATING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; GEOTHERMAL APPLICATIONS; HEAT PUMPS; OPERATION MODE; SAGCHP; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BOREHOLE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT CAPACITY; HEATING; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL POWER;

CHINA; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG;

EID: 79961021007     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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