Performance evaluation of a direct expansion solar-assisted heat pump by numerical simulation of the throttling process in the expansion device

Evaluación del rendimiento de una bomba de calor de expansión directa asistida por energía solar mediante simulación numérica del proceso de estrangulamiento en el dispositivo de expansión

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