ABSTRACT
On the basis of the natural refrigerant CO2 seemed as alternative to conventional
refrigerants, and trans-critical CO2 heat pump water heater is very efficient in heating
and hot water heating, as well as the conventional refrigerant air conditioner will
continue to use at least several decades, a CO2/conventional refrigerant air-conditioning
water heater integrated system is designed in this paper, condensing heat can be
recycled to supply hot water in summer while the air-condition works. There are three
function can be achieved, refrigeration in summer, heating in winter and water heating
all year-round. In summary, there are five kinds of operation modes implemented:
cooling and hot water supplying, heating and hot water supplying, cooling, heating and
hot water supplying.
A gas cooler for trans-critical CO2 heat pump water heater system is also designed
in this paper. It is a shell and tube heat exchanger, made of stainless steel to meet high
pressure requirements of this system. The piping system of trans-critical CO2 heat pump
water heater consists of stainless steel piping, the spherical connection with the plus
PTFE gasket seal ensures good sealing pipeline.
The schematic diagram of the specific connections and the operating conditions
of integrated system is introduced in this paper. The integrated system consists of three
subsystems: air-conditioning hot water subsystem, trans-critical CO2 heat pump
subsystem, cooling water subsystems and chilled water subsystem.
A variety of working conditions for the integrated system is experimental tested.
Through experimental research, it can be known that outdoor ambient plays a big role in
enhancing the efficiency of refrigeration and hot water heating. Improving indoor
ambient temperature will increase the COP value of air-conditioning water heater.
Outdoor ambient temperature affects the air-conditioning compressor discharge and
suction temperature, thereby affecting the efficiency of the system.
The IPLV of the heat pump water heater will get to 6.0 while cooling and hot
water supplying in summer. Increasing the evaporation temperature or lower hot water
temperature can increase the system COP value, while trans-critical CO2 heat pump
working to supply hot water. And improving the flow of the chilled water or cooling
water can be also effectively improving the system performance factors.