DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF AN EXHAUST AIR HEAT PUMP FOR R-2000 HOUSES.

Type of article: Periodical article

Summary

DESCRIBES THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF AN EXHAUST AIR HEAT PUMP-HEAT PIPE COMBINATION USED FOR VENTILATION HEAT RECOVERY OF R-2000 (TIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED) HOUSES. TWO SIZES OF HEAT PUMP WERE BUILT AND TESTED, A SMALL NON-FROSTING VERSION AND A LARGE VERSION WITH A DEFROST SYSTEM, OR EVAPORATOR PRESSURE REGULATOR TO PREVENT FROSTING. BOTH SIZES PROVIDED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OVER A WIDE RANGE OF OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES. THE COP RANGES FROM 2.5 AT 288 K (15 DEG C) TO 2.3 AT 248 K (-25 DEG C). (INT. BUILD. SERV. ABSTR., GB., 23, N 3, 1988, 7, 88-00727.

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Original title: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF AN EXHAUST AIR HEAT PUMP FOR R-2000 HOUSES.
Record ID : 1989-0283
Languages: English
Source: NRCC-CNRC, Tech. Rep. - TR-LT-013; 37 p.; 19 fig.; 2 ref.
Publication date: 1987/03
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Themes: Heat pumps techniques;
Residential heat-pumps
Keywords: Heat pipe; Frosting; Exhaust air; Single-family house; Design; Heat recovery; Heat pump; Performance; Testing; COP