Review on improvement for air source heat pump units during frosting and defrosting

M Song, S Deng, C Dang, N Mao, Z Wang - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Air source heat pump (ASHP) units have found worldwide applications due to their
advantages of high energy efficient and environmental friendly. Frost deposition and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of common faults in large-scale heat pumps

JJ Aguilera, W Meesenburg, T Ommen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large-scale heat pumps can contribute towards the decarbonisation of district heating
systems and industrial processes. Unidentified faults can have a negative impact on the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the performance of air and geothermal sources of heat pumps cycle operating with various refrigerants and vapor injection

S Maddah, M Goodarzi, MR Safaei - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, due to the energy and environmental crisis, using renewable energy is
considered to reduce environmental pollution. In this paper, a comprehensive review of …

Review of the advances in solar-assisted air source heat pumps for the domestic sector

LW Yang, RJ Xu, N Hua, Y Xia, WB Zhou… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar assisted air source heat pump shows great potential as a promising energy-saving
heating technology, which integrates solar collector and air source heat pump. It is widely …

Environmental and economical analyses of transcritical CO2 heat pump combined with direct dedicated mechanical subcooling (DMS) for space heating in China

B Dai, H Qi, S Liu, Z Zhong, H Li, M Song, M Ma… - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
An environmental and economical assessment model is developed, in order to evaluate the
performances of transcritical CO 2 heat pump system with dedicated mechanical subcooling …

Review on the measurement and calculation of frost characteristics

M Song, C Dang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Elsevier
As a common physical phenomenon, frost deposition is inevitable and always has
significant negative effects on several industry fields, such as aerospace, aviation, and …

Anti-icing performance of the superhydrophobic surface with micro-cubic array structures fabricated by plasma etching

W Hou, Y Shen, J Tao, Y Xu, J Jiang, H Chen… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
We designed and constructed a series of micro-cubic arrays on silicon surface by means of
a selective plasma etching technology to explore the size effect of surface microstructure on …

Frosting performance variations of variable-frequency air source heat pump in different climatic regions

W Wei, X Jin, Q Dong, L Ni, S Zhao, W Wang… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
In practical projects, it is found that at the same outdoor temperature and relative humidity,
the frosting performance of variable-frequency air source heat pumps (VFASHPs) in different …

A review of heat pump systems for heating and cooling of buildings in China in the last decade

L Ni, J Dong, Y Yao, C Shen, D Qv, X Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Heat pump technology fully shows the principle of energy recycling in terms of Heating,
Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC). It avoids unipolarity of energy using in the …

Analysis of retrofit air source heat pump performance: Results from detailed simulations and comparison to field trial data

NJ Kelly, J Cockroft - Energy and Buildings, 2011 - Elsevier
In the UK, gas boilers are the predominant energy source for heating in housing, due
primarily to the ready availability of natural gas. The take-up of heat pumps has lagged far …