Transient behavior and dynamic performance of cascade heat pump water heater with thermal storage system

Applied Energy

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-196

  Wu, Jianghong ^a   Yang, Zhaoguang ^a   Wu, Qinghao ^b   Zhu, Yujuan ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cascade heat pump; Dynamic; Heat pump water heater; PCM; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HEAT STORAGE; HEATING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; PUMPS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); TEMPERATURE; WATER TANKS;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DISCHARGE TEMPERATURE; DYNAMIC EXPERIMENT; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING CAPACITY; NATIONAL STANDARD; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURE RATIO; RELIABLE OPERATION; SINGLE STAGE; SYSTEM CONTROLLERS; THERMAL STORAGE; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT HEATING; TRANSIENT OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE FIELD; PUMP; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 80053895957     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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