Comparative thermal performances of a ground source heat pump and a variable capacity air source heat pump systems for sustainable houses

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 279-287

  Safa, Amir A ^a   Fung, Alan S ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air source heat pump; Coefficient of performance; Ground source heat pump; Net zero energy buildings; TRNSYS simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; PUMPS; SPACE HEATING;

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP); HEATING AND COOLING; NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRNSYS SIMULATIONS;

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMPS;

EID: 84924301562     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.039     Document Type: Article

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