Variable-speed heat pump model for a wide range of cooling conditions and loads

HVAC and R Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 670-691

  Zakula, Tea ^a   Gayeski, Nicholas Thomas ^b   Armstrong, Peter Ross ^c   Norford, Leslie Keith ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KGS Buildings   (United States)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE BALANCES; CONDENSER INLET; COOLING CAPACITY; COOLING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT PUMPS; INLET AIR; MODULAR APPROACH; OPERATING CONDITION; PREDICTION ERRORS; PRESSURE RATIO; PUMP SPEED; RE-EXPANSION; REFRIGERANT CHARGE; SECONDARY FLUIDS; SHAFT SPEED; SUBCOOLINGS; SUBMODELS; SYSTEM MODELS; VALVE PRESSURE; VARIABLE SPEED;

COMPRESSORS; EVAPORATORS; PRESSURE DROP; REFRIGERANTS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861631085     PISSN: 10789669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10789669.2011.607745     Document Type: Article

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