A simulation study on performance improvement of solar assisted heat pump hot water system by novel controllable crystallization of supercooled PCMs
Çağrı Kutlu, Yanan Zhang, Theo Elmer, Yuehong Su, Saffa Riffat
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Thermal energy storageHeat pumpSupercoolingEnvironmental scienceRenewable energyStorage water heaterProcess engineeringPhase-change materialStorage tankTRNSYSNuclear engineeringMaterials scienceWaste managementEngineeringMeteorologyMechanical engineeringPhase changeThermodynamicsThermalHeat exchangerElectrical engineeringWater heaterEngineering physicsInletPhysicsPhase Change Materials ResearchSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization