On the design and response of domestic ground-source heat pumps in the UK

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4532-4553

  Underwood, Chris ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic energy; Ground array; Ground source; Heat pump; Modelling; Part load performance

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING; MODELS; PUMPS;

DOMESTIC ENERGY; GROUND ARRAY; GROUND SOURCE; HEAT PUMPS; PART LOAD;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84904673987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7074532     Document Type: Article

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