Inspec

 

Description
Inspec, the database for physics, electronics and computing, is available from several database providers. More information can be found at http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/inspec/ or at http://www.cas.org/ONLINE/DBSS/dbsslist.html (maintained by STN International).

 

Availability
Database providers offering Inspec include STN, STN Easy and the Dialog Corporation.

 

Number of entries: keywords = heat pump (Sept. 99)
Total of 6,300,670 citations (9/99); 3,232 entries with keywords = heat pump.

 

Description of heat pump entries

• Application area: all, industry most popular

• Heat sources: all, but not in high numbers

• Technology specification: surprisingly, absorption has the most hits

• Type of project: 1% pilot plants

Assessment
Composed of four databases (physics, electrical engineering and computer science), this database has more heat pump entries than you would expect on the basis of the disciplines.

 

 

Last updated: 1 March 2004

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