An economic optimization of evaporator and air collector area in a solar assisted heat pump drying system

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 377-384

  Rahman, S M A ^a   Saidur, R ^b   Hawlader, M N A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Drying; Economic analysis; Heat pump; Optimization; Solar collector; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

DRYING; EVAPORATORS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC VARIABLES; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; HEAT PUMPS; SIMULATION PROGRAM; SOLAR ASSISTED HEAT PUMP; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883197920     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.06.058     Document Type: Article

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