Published September 2019
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Journal article
Advanced household heat pumps for air pollution control: A pilot field study in Ulaanbaatar, the coldest capital city in the world
Creators
- 1. Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720 (United States)
- 2. Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
- 3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Mongolian University of Science and Technology (Mongolia)
- 4. Mongolian Ministry of Energy, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Description
Ulaanbaatar - the coldest capital in the world - is home to half of Mongolia's population, much of which uses coal for household heating, contributing to high wintertime air pollution. We piloted two-stage air-to-air heat pumps in 2017, when temperatures dropped to −39 °C. These heat pumps were reliable and efficient, with an average coefficient of performance of 1.86 on the coldest days. Heat pumps' recurrent costs were similar to those of coal stoves and lower than those of resistive heaters.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envres.2019.03.019;
- PII
- S0013935119301471;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Environmental Research
- Journal Volume
- 176
- Journal Page Range
- vp.
- ISSN
- 0013-9351
- CODEN
- ENVRAL
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 55026360
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; HEAT PUMPS; HEATERS; HEATING
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTROL; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.