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Performance Optimization of a Combined Heat Pump Cycle

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A steady flow combined heat pump cycle model with heat resistance, heat leakage and internal irreversibility is built in this paper. The optimal performance of the model is studied. The relation between optimal heating load and coefficient of performance (COP), as well as the maximum COP and the corresponding heating load are derived.

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  1. Faculty 306, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, 430033, People's Republic of China

    Lingen Chen & Fengrui Sun

  2. Thermal Energy Engineering Department, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, 100022, People's Republic of China

    Yuehong Bi

  3. U.S. Naval Academy, Mechanical Engineering Department, Annapolis, Md, 21402, USA

    Chih Wu

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Chen, L., Bi, Y., Sun, F. et al. Performance Optimization of a Combined Heat Pump Cycle. Open Systems & Information Dynamics 10, 377–389 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:OPSY.0000009557.31330.ef

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