Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7158236 | Energy Conversion and Management | 2018 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
Heat pump technologies play significant roles in building energy saving and emission reduction. Combing the opposite characteristics of the electrical and absorption heat pumps, a novel internally hybrid absorption-compression heat pump was proposed for performance improvement. The thermodynamic models for the hybrid heat pump using two cycles (single-effect and generator-absorber-heat-exchange) were built for component design and performance simulation with various refrigerant distribution ratios. Results show that a higher absorption-side refrigerant ratio generally makes the primary energy efficiency less sensitive and the capacity more sensitive to working condition. In the heating mode, a higher absorption-side refrigerant ratio brings about a higher efficiency when the evaporator inlet temperature is below 16â¯Â°C and 20â¯Â°C for the two cycles. In the cooling mode, a lower absorption-side refrigerant ratio contributes to a higher efficiency. The hybrid absorption-compression heat pumps can realize flexible heating/cooling capacity ratios to accommodate the design heating/cooling loads as necessary. Generally, a higher absorption-side refrigerant ratio is preferred in colder conditions owing to the higher heating efficiency and the higher heating/cooling capacity ratio, well matching the heating-dominant building loads. This study focuses on the principle and performance of the novel hybrid heat pump, the applications in actual buildings will be conducted through year-round simulations in future studies.
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Authors
Wei Wu, Tian You, Jian Wang, Baolong Wang, Wenxing Shi, Xianting Li,