Building Space Heating with a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using Roof-Integrated Solar Collectors

A solar assisted heat pump (SAHP) system was designed by using a roof-integrated solar collector as the evaporator, and then it was demonstrated to provide space heating for a villa in Tianjin, China. A building energy simulation tool was used to predict the space heating load and a three dimensiona...

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Main Authors: Zhiyong Yang, Li Zhu, Yiping Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-03-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/4/3/504/