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Engineering, Artificial Neural Networks, Process Control +5

An experimental study on defrosting heat supplies and energy consumptions during a reverse cycle defrost operation for an air source heat pump

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Engineering, Heat Recovery, Energy Efficiency +10

Experimental study on frost growth and dynamic performance of air source heat pump system

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Freeze-thaw Cycling, Frost Growth, Engineering +6

Frost Deposition on Cold Surfaces

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Quantitative Methods, Engineering, Frost Deposition +20

Field test investigation of the characteristics for the air source heat pump under two typical mal-defrost phenomena

W. Wang, Jun Xiao, Quanquan Guo et al. · Applied Energy · 2011 · 126 citations

Engineering, Typical Mal-defrost, Heat Transfer +4