An experimental comparison of two heat exchangers used in wastewater source heat pump: A novel dry-expansion shell-and-tube evaporator versus a conventional immersed evaporator

Energy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 600-608

  Shen, Chao ^a   Jiang, Yiqiang ^a   Yao, Yang ^a   Wang, Xinlei ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry expansion; Immersed evaporator; Shell and tube evaporator; Wastewater source heat pump; Water heating

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; TEMPERATURE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DEFOULING; DRY-EXPANSION; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; HEAT PUMPS; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; HEATING CAPACITY; HOT WATER; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; POWER COSTS; SHELL-AND-TUBE; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WASTEWATER SOURCES; WATER HEATING; WATER STORAGE TANKS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

EVAPORATORS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT FLUX; INSTALLATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ODOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP; WASTEWATER; WATER STORAGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84868572468     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.09.043     Document Type: Article

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