Experimental investigation on the operation performance of a direct expansion ground source heat pump system for space heating

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 349-355

  Wang, Huajun ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Wu, Juntao ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Chen, Zhihao ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct expansion ground source heat pump; Energy efficiency; Ground heat exchanger; Operation performance; Space heating

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EXPANSION VALVES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GROUND HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATING CAPACITY; OPERATION PERFORMANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPANSION; SCROLL COMPRESSORS; SOILS; SPACE HEATING;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875445857     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

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