TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of internal heat exchanger on performance of transcritical CO 2 heat pump system
AU - Jin, Dongxu
AU - Wang, Ping
AU - Koyama, Shigeru
AU - Takata, Nobuo
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The performance of a transcritical CO 2 heat pump system applied for hot water supply was experimentally investigated under various refrigerant charging conditions to clarify the effects of the heat transfer area of an internal heat exchanger (IHX) on the system performance. Experiments were conducted in the condition of constant heating capacity and evaporator outlet superheat by adjusting the compressor frequency and the opening of electronic expansion valve. Experimental results show that, at the optimum refrigerant charge, the compression ratio decreases while the discharge and suction temperatures increase with an increase in the IHX heat transfer area. Adopting an IHX can increase the maximum heating COP (coefficient of performance), and an improvement of about 3.2%-5.1% is obtained by using an IHX with a dimensionless heat transfer area of 0.2.
AB - The performance of a transcritical CO 2 heat pump system applied for hot water supply was experimentally investigated under various refrigerant charging conditions to clarify the effects of the heat transfer area of an internal heat exchanger (IHX) on the system performance. Experiments were conducted in the condition of constant heating capacity and evaporator outlet superheat by adjusting the compressor frequency and the opening of electronic expansion valve. Experimental results show that, at the optimum refrigerant charge, the compression ratio decreases while the discharge and suction temperatures increase with an increase in the IHX heat transfer area. Adopting an IHX can increase the maximum heating COP (coefficient of performance), and an improvement of about 3.2%-5.1% is obtained by using an IHX with a dimensionless heat transfer area of 0.2.
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U2 - 10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.2012.04.016
DO - 10.3969/j.issn.0258-2724.2012.04.016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866284565
SN - 0258-2724
VL - 47
SP - 634
EP - 638
JO - Xinan Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
JF - Xinan Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
IS - 4
ER -