Experimental study on the effects of melted frost icing on the operating performances of air source heat pump
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Researchers have primarily focused on defrosting time and energy consumption for individual cycles.
“When investigating defrosting methods for the ASHP, researchers have primarily focused on defrosting time and energy consumption for individual cycles. [12,18,22,26,84 -86].”
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- Authors
- Li, Z., Wei, W., Wang, W., Sun, Y., Wang, S., Lin, Y., Huang, C., & Deng, S.
- Affiliations
- Beijing University of Technology (CN)
- Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (CN)
- Qatar University (QA)
- Corresponding author
- Wei, Wenzhe
- Wang, Wei
- Venue
- Applied Thermal Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-02
- Volume
- 238
- Pages
- 122136
- ISSN
- 1359-4311 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4389265234
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12
- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Applied Thermal Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (52378086)
- Beijing University of Technology
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Icing and De-icing Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Keywords
- air-source heat pump, thawing, frost formation, heating performance, coefficient of performance, high humidity environment
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