Performance investigation on a multi-unit heat pump for simultaneous temperature and humidity control

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 883-890

  Fan, Hongming ^a   Shao, Shuangquan ^b   Tian, Changqing ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Dehumidification; Heat pump; Multi unit; Variable air volume

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL COMFORT; WASTE HEAT;

DEHUMIDIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT PUMPS; HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; MULTI-UNIT; SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONTROL; VARIABLE AIR VOLUME;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; HUMIDITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMP;

EID: 84883786612     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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