Characteristics of an air source heat pump with novel photoelectric sensors during periodic frost-defrost cycles

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-186

  Wang, Wei ^a   Xiao, Jing ^a   Feng, Yingchao ^a   Guo, Qingci ^a   Wang, Lincheng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; COP; Defrosting; Heating efficiency; TEPS

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; COP; DEFROST CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATING CAPACITY; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOTOELECTRIC SENSORS; POTENTIAL ABILITY; TEPS;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SENSORS;

DEFROSTING;

EID: 84866482129     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.06.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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