Heat Pumps

Includes a brief overview of the market development of electrically-driven heat pumps, and typical schematics of heat-pump-based HVAC plants

Presents compression heat pumps in detail, including all main components

Addresses the needs of graduate studen ts, researchers, and professionals/technicians

Auteur
Walter Grassi is full professor of Building Physics and Thermal Engineering at University of Pisa, Italy.

Contenu
Fundamentals.- Compression heat pumps and their main components.- The absorption heat pumps.- Heat pumps' operation.- The refrigerants.- The external sources water and ground.- The hybrid systems.- Hints of thermodynamics.