Thermal energy storage based (TES-based) reverse cycle defrosting control strategy optimization for a cascade air source heat pump

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

An experimental study on the operating performance of a novel reverse-cycle hot gas defrosting method for air source heat pumps

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Engineering, Heat Recovery, Energy Efficiency +6

Effects of surface characteristic on frosting and defrosting behaviors of fin-tube heat exchangers

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Freeze-thaw Cycling, Heat Transfer Process, Engineering +9

A novel Temperature–Humidity–Time defrosting control method based on a frosting map for air-source heat pumps

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Improved indoor thermal comfort during defrost with a novel reverse-cycle defrosting method for air source heat pumps

Minglu Qu, Xia Liang, Shiming Deng et al. · Building and Environment · 2010 · 128 citations

Engineering, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort +7