Measurement and investigation into air source heat pump exergy
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Journal Volume
8321
Pages
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Date Issued
2011
Author(s)
Abstract
This study applies the second law of thermodynamics to analyze the irreversibility of air source heat pump systems. By using both T type thermocouple wires to measure the inlet and outlet temperatures of key components in the system and using pressure transmitters to measure the high and low pressure of the experiment systems, we collect data and use two control volume(CV) models to calculate the generative volume and irreversibility of entropy for each system component. According to the experiment results for both CV models (the CV of the refrigerant section and the CV of the whole control), the heat exchanger is found to have the largest irreversibility. The irreversibility error of the condenser is 4.6% and the irreversibility error of the evaporator is up to 21%. By applying the results of this study it is possible to improve the function of air source heat pump systems through improving the heat exchanger, achieving both cost and energy savings.
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Type
conference paper