Improving reverse cycle defrosting performance of air source heat pumps using thermal storage-based refrigerant sub-cooling energy

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-236

  Dong, Jiankai ^a   Jiang, Yiqiang ^a   Deng, Shiming ^b   Yao, Yang ^a   Qu, Minglu ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PASSAGES; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY SAVING POTENTIAL; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HEAT SOURCES; HEAT TRANSFER RESISTANCE; HEATING CAPACITY; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; SAFE OPERATION; SUBCOOLINGS; SUCTION PRESSURES; SYSTEM OPERATION;

DEFROSTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; REFRIGERANTS; SPACE HEATING;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84860166424     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624411406016     Document Type: Article

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