Research on frost formation in air source heat pump at cold-moist conditions in central-south China

Applied Energy

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 571-581

  Gong, Guangcai ^a   Tang, Jinchen ^a   Lv, Dongyan ^a   Wang, Hongjin ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold moist; Defrosting; Dimensionless analysis; Frost formation accumulation; Ratio of the latent heat to sensible heat

Indexed keywords

DEFROSTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); LATENT HEAT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AIR FLOW; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; COLD-MOIST; DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; FIN-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; FROST FORMATION; HEATING CAPACITY; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CORRELATION; SENSIBLE HEAT; TIME INTERVAL; WET AIR;

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS;

AIRFLOW; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FROST; HEATING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RESEARCH WORK; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; DIAMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84870739297     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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