Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages 280-290Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.02.082
Keywords
Solar-assisted; Multi-functional; Heat pump; Parametric study
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51378483]
- Dong Guan Innovative Research Team Program [2014607101008]
- Qinghai Province Science and Technology Planning Project [2013-N-544]
- Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period [2015BAA02B03]
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A novel indirect expansion solar-assisted multi-functional heat pump (IX-SAMHP) system which composes of the multi-functional heat pump system and solar thermal collecting system is proposed and studied in this paper. This system can fulfill space heating, space cooling and water heating with high energy efficiency by utilizing solar energy. For solar water heating mode and solar space heating mode, a dynamic model is presented and validated with the experimental results. The simulation results show good consistency with the experimental data, and the established model is able to predict the system performance at a reasonable accuracy (with the root mean square deviations less than 5%). On this basis, the performances of the IX-SAMHP system are investigated under different parametric conditions. For solar water heating mode, simultaneously operating the solar thermal collecting system and multifunctional heat pump system can be an energy efficiency method. With the solar irradiation rising from 0W/m(2) to 800W/m(2), the COP increases from 2.35 to 2.57. In solar space heating mode, the effect of the mass flow rate of water in evaporator is investigated. To balance the heating capacity and COP, the mass flow rate of water should be adjusted according to different temperature demands and heat load. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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