Defrosting method adopting dual hot gas bypass for an air-to-air heat pump

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4544-4555

  Choi, Hwan Jong ^a,b   Kim, Byung Soon ^b   Kang, Donghoon ^b   Kim, Kyung Chun ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dual hot gas bypass defrosting (DHBD); Experiment; Heat pump; Hot gas bypass defrosting (HGBD); Reverse cycle defrosting (RCD)

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; GAS COMPRESSORS; GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS;

DUAL HOT GAS BYPASS DEFROSTING (DHBD); DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; HEAT PUMPS; HOT GAS; HOT-GAS BYPASS; OUTLET PRESSURES; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; REVERSE CYCLE DEFROSTING (RCD); SALIENT FEATURES;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES;

COMPRESSION; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; MELTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80052259995     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.039     Document Type: Article

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