Field test study of a novel defrosting control method for air-source heat pumps by applying tube encircled photoelectric sensors
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The optical signal conversion measurement method was developed based on photoelectric technology to monitor the degree of frosting on the outdoor heat exchanger surface of an ASHP unit.
“In order to monitor the degree of frosting on the surface of the outdoor heat exchanger of an ASHP unit, the optical signal conversion measurement method was developed, based on photoelectric technology [112].”
From Review on the measurement and calculation of frost characteristics (2018) · cites this paper as [112]
The TEPS method transforms the difficult problem of monitoring frosting on the outdoor heat exchanger surface into measuring the degree of frosting in the test section.
“Therefore, the difficult problem of monitoring the degree of frosting on the surface of the outdoor heat exchanger is cleverly transformed to measure the degree of frosting in the test section.”
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- Authors
- Ge, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, W., Zhu, J., Li, L., & Liu, J.
- Affiliations
- Beijing University of Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Wei
- Venue
- International Journal of Refrigeration
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 66
- Pages
- 133-144
- ISSN
- 0140-7007 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1908376161
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 4.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Refrigeration (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51178015)
- National Twelfth Five-Year Science & Technology Support Plan (2011BAJ03B10)
- Training Plan of Top-notch Talent Youth (Grant No. Q0004020201501)
- New-Star of Science and Technology (Grant No. Z111106054511029)
- Beijing Municipal Education Commission (KM 201410005022)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Keywords
- air-source heat pump, frost detection, compressor discharge temperature, heating capacity, field testing
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