Exergetic and sustainability performance assessment of geothermal (ground source) ejector heat pumps

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-386

  Alsuhaibani, Zeyad ^a   Ersoy, H Kursad ^b   Hepbasli, Arif ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Availability; Ejector Cooling; Exergy Analysis; Geothermal Heat Pump; Ghp; Heat Pump; Hp; Si; Sustainability Index

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; EJECTORS (PUMPS); EXERGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; SILICON; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFI CIENCY; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; HEAT PUMPS; PERFORMANCE VALUE; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84869116842     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2012.050241     Document Type: Article

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