Techno-economic analysis of air source absorption heat pump: Improving economy from a design perspective

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-210

  Wu, Wei ^a   Wang, Baolong ^a   Shi, Wenxing ^a   Li, Xianting ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air source absorption heat pump; Economic analysis; Energy saving; Heating; Payback period

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DESIGN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; INVESTMENTS;

ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS; DESIGN CAPACITY; EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIES; ENERGY SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS; ENERGY-SAVING RATES; HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEMS; PAYBACK PERIODS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; AIR SOURCES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903950294     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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