Experimental characterization of the coupling and heating performance of a CO2 water-to-water heat pump and a water storage tank for domestic hot water production system
This work presents an experimental study of the dynamic performance of a CO2 water-to-water heat pump in a domestic hot water production system. A facility was developed and used to characterize the time evolution of the COP of this heat pump, the heating and stratification processes of the hot-wate...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT) |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Digital UPCT |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/12129 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10317/12129 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112085 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Heat pump Storage tank Hot water production CO2 Mecánica de Fluidos 3309.95 Transmisión de Calor en Refrigeración y Calefacción 2204.04 Mecánica de Fluidos |
| Resumo: | This work presents an experimental study of the dynamic performance of a CO2 water-to-water heat pump in a domestic hot water production system. A facility was developed and used to characterize the time evolution of the COP of this heat pump, the heating and stratification processes of the hot-water storage tank, and the global COP of the system. Results showed that, when heating the water storage tank, strategies based on promoting stratification to reach Ri ∼40, such as the use of vertical tank filling velocities ∼ 10-4 m·s−1 with low water flow rates between the tank and the heat pump gas cooler, permits an increase of ∼12.4% in the system global COP and a reduction of ∼16% of the compressor energy consumption compared to other strategies. However, strategies based on considering higher water flow rates (i.e. Ri ∼1) increase the thermal energy available in the tank (∼6% when flow rate and increases a factor 3.6) but enhance the water mixing and extend the heating time which reduces the global COP of the system. Besides, an increase of the evaporator inlet water temperature from 5 °C to 20 °C increases the system global COP by 59% and reduces the heating time ∼40%. |
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