Field test investigation of the characteristics for the air source heat pump under two typical mal-defrost phenomena

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4470-4480

  Wang, W ^a   Xiao, J ^a   Guo, Q C ^a   Lu, W P ^a   Feng, Y C ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; Heating capacity; Heating efficiency; Mal defrost

Indexed keywords

HEATING; PUMPS;

DIRECT CONTROL; FIELD TEST; FROST THICKNESS; HEATING CAPACITY; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; HEATING EFFICIENCY; MAL-DEFROST; TRANSIENT CHARACTERISTIC;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

FIELDWORK; HEAT SOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PUMP;

EID: 80052272949     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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