Thermal performance analysis of a direct-expansion solar-assisted heat pump water heater

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6830-6838

  Kong, X Q ^a   Zhang, D ^b   Li, Y ^a   Yang, Q M ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coefficient of performance; Collector efficiency; Direct expansion; Solar assisted heat pump; Water heater

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPANSION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MIXED CONVECTION; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PUMPS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SUN; THERMAL EXPANSION; WATER; WATER HEATERS; WATER TANKS;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DIRECT-EXPANSION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER; DOMESTIC USE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; HERMETIC COMPRESSORS; HOT WATER; HOT WATER TANKS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOLAR ASSISTED HEAT PUMP; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTATIC EXPANSION VALVES; TIME STEP; WATER TEMPERATURES; WIND SPEED; WORKING FLUID;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

DOMESTICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; SURFACE AREA; THERMAL POWER; VOLUME; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 82455188740     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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