Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System

As a natural refrigerant, CO2 can greatly improve the environmental protection of the heat pump system. Since there is no perfectly suitable heat transfer correlation for supercritical CO2 at present, the water outlet temperature of the transcritical CO2 heat pump system has not been predicted. To s...

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Main Authors: Chen Dai, Xiang Qin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.888562/full
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description As a natural refrigerant, CO2 can greatly improve the environmental protection of the heat pump system. Since there is no perfectly suitable heat transfer correlation for supercritical CO2 at present, the water outlet temperature of the transcritical CO2 heat pump system has not been predicted. To study the applications of transcritical CO2 heat pump systems in heating performance and hot water supply, a series of experiments are carried out by an air source transcritical CO2 heat pump test rig. The experimental results show that the main factors affecting outlet water temperature are the system COP, the discharge pressure, the compressor frequency, and the ambient temperature. Based on the experimental results, a dimensionless correlation equation on outlet water temperature is proposed by the Buckingham PI theorem. This equation can be used to calculate the outlet water temperature of the air source transcritical CO2 heat pump systems with different sizes, and the calculation accuracy can be maintained at 13% with experimental results. Finally, the influence factors of the gas cooler water outlet temperature are analyzed based on the novel calculation method. Therefore, this study provides a reference for the prediction of the water outlet temperature of the transcritical CO2 heat pump system.
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spelling doaj.art-521298a05a294ba6b5bbfe565f3503d42022-12-22T02:35:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2022-05-011010.3389/fenrg.2022.888562888562Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump SystemChen DaiXiang QinAs a natural refrigerant, CO2 can greatly improve the environmental protection of the heat pump system. Since there is no perfectly suitable heat transfer correlation for supercritical CO2 at present, the water outlet temperature of the transcritical CO2 heat pump system has not been predicted. To study the applications of transcritical CO2 heat pump systems in heating performance and hot water supply, a series of experiments are carried out by an air source transcritical CO2 heat pump test rig. The experimental results show that the main factors affecting outlet water temperature are the system COP, the discharge pressure, the compressor frequency, and the ambient temperature. Based on the experimental results, a dimensionless correlation equation on outlet water temperature is proposed by the Buckingham PI theorem. This equation can be used to calculate the outlet water temperature of the air source transcritical CO2 heat pump systems with different sizes, and the calculation accuracy can be maintained at 13% with experimental results. Finally, the influence factors of the gas cooler water outlet temperature are analyzed based on the novel calculation method. Therefore, this study provides a reference for the prediction of the water outlet temperature of the transcritical CO2 heat pump system.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.888562/fulltranscritical cyclecarbon dioxidecompressor frequencyambient temperaturegas cooler water outlet temperature
spellingShingle Chen Dai
Xiang Qin
Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
Frontiers in Energy Research
transcritical cycle
carbon dioxide
compressor frequency
ambient temperature
gas cooler water outlet temperature
title Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
title_full Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
title_fullStr Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
title_short Experimental Study on Heating Performance and a Novel Calculation Method of Water Outlet Temperature Based on Air Source Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
title_sort experimental study on heating performance and a novel calculation method of water outlet temperature based on air source transcritical co2 heat pump system
topic transcritical cycle
carbon dioxide
compressor frequency
ambient temperature
gas cooler water outlet temperature
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2022.888562/full
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