Air-source heat pump coupled with economized vapor injection scroll compressor and ejector:Design and experimental research

Ejector can utilize high pressure energy from liquid mechanism,it can be used in heat pump system coupled with economized vapor injection(EVI)scroll compressor.When running under low temperature conditions,the performance of the EVI system with ejector can be improved further.In this paper,the design method of the heat pump system with ejector is presented,and the process for designing the heat pump with ejector(EVIe)was summarized.One prototype heat pump was designed under the condition of the evaporation temperature of -20oC,and an experimental setup was established to test the prototype.The measured results demonstrated that the heating EER(energy efficiency ratio)of the EVIe could reach about 4%higher than that of the system without the ejector when the heating capacity remained nearly constant.The design method is helpful to development of a heat pump system coupled with scroll compressor and ejector.