Effect of fin types of outdoor fan-supplied finned-tube heat exchanger on periodic frosting and defrosting performance of a residential air-source heat pump

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 251-260

  Huang, Dong ^a   Ri Jing, Zhao ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Yi, De Bo ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defrosting; Fin type; Frosting; Performance

Indexed keywords

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; DEFROSTING; FANS; FROST EFFECTS; HOUSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CONTROL SCHEMES; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FIN TYPES; FROSTING; HEATING CAPACITY; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 84902268882     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.11.052     Document Type: Article

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