Numerical simulation of a cooling tower coupled with heat pump system associated with single house using TRNSYS

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-117

  Chargui, R ^a   Sammouda, H ^a   Farhat, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b Laboratoire de Photovoltaique   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Heat pump; Simulation; Single zone; TRNSYS

Indexed keywords

COOLING TOWER PERFORMANCE; COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMPS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; SIMULATION; SINGLE ZONES; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL; TRNSYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; COOLING WATER; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HOUSES; TOWERS; VAPORS; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

HEATING;

EID: 84879925454     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.05.042     Document Type: Article

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