An experimental investigation on reverse-cycle defrosting performance for an air source heat pump using an electronic expansion valve

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 327-333

  Qu, Minglu ^a   Xia, Liang ^a   Deng, Shiming ^a   Jiang, Yiqiang ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; EEV; Performance; Reverse cycle defrost

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REFRIGERANTS;

COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EEV; ELECTRONIC EXPANSION VALVES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HEAT PUMPS; HEATING CAPACITY; HEATING MODE; PERFORMANCE; REFRIGERANT FLOW; REVERSE CYCLE DEFROST;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP;

EID: 84862306943     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.057     Document Type: Article

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