The performance improvements of a ground-coupled heat pump system for both building heating and cooling modes

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 354-355, Issue , 2012, Pages 807-810

  Qi, Zishu ^a,b   Gao, Qing ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Yan, Y Y ^c   Spitler, Jeffrey D ^d  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of performance; Fluid temperature; Ground loop heat exchanger; Ground coupled heat pump

Indexed keywords

BUILDING HEATING; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COOLING LOAD; COOLING MODE; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FLUID TEMPERATURE; FLUID TEMPERATURES; GROUND COUPLED HEAT PUMP; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GROUND LOOP; GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMPS; IN-BUILDINGS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SECONDARY IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TIME STEP;

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 80155130540     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.354-355.807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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