Journal
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING
Volume 193, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116994
Keywords
Dual-temperature; Ejector; Theoretical analysis; Heat pump
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51776147]
- NSFC
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This study proposes a novel dual-temperature air source heat pump cycle with an ejector and a flash tank for applications in water heating and radiative heating equipment, showing superior performance compared to conventional cycles. The novel cycle achieves better exergetic efficiency and energy savings, especially in higher temperature and lower evaporation conditions.
This paper proposes a novel dual-temperature air source heat pump cycle with an ejector and a flash tank for simultaneous application in the water heater (providing about 55 degrees C hot water) and the floor or ceiling radiative heating equipment (providing about 35 degrees C hot water). In the presented cycle, an ejector, a flash tank as well as high and low-temperature condensers are applied to improve its performance effectively. The thermodynamic analysis based on the energetic and exegetic methods are conducted for the novel cycle and the conventional heat pump cycle using environmentally friendly refrigerant R1234yf. Thermodynamic analysis results indicate that under all given operation conditions, the novel cycle has superior performance compared with the conventional cycle. Compared with the conventional cycle, the heating coefficient of performance, the volumetric heating capacity and exegetic efficiency of the novel cycle under the typical working condition are improved by 24.93%, 24.92% and 38.84%, respectively. Furthermore, the results indicate that the novel cycle achieves better exegetic efficiency because the exergy destruction proportion of novel cycle expansion valves is lower than that of the conventional cycle. When a higher temperature source is demanded, the novel cycle saves more energy due to ejector application. Moreover, the novel cycle also has better performance characteristics when the evaporation temperature is lower.
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