An experimental study on performance enhancement of a PCM based solar-assisted air source heat pump system under cooling modes

被引：58

作者：

Ni, Long ^{[1
]}

Qv, Dehu ^{[1
]}

Yao, Yang ^{[1
]}

Niu, Fuxin ^{[2
]}

Hu, Wenju ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Municipal & Environm Engn, Harbin 150090, Peoples R China

[2] Univ Alabama, Dept Mech Engn, Tuscaloosa, AL USA

[3] Beijing Univ Civil Engn & Architecture, Beijing Key Lab Heating Gas Supply Ventilating &, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China

来源：

APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING | 2016年 / 100卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Solar-assisted air source heat pump; PCM unit; Cooling operation; Overall performance of a system; Equivalent coefficient; PARAFFIN WAX; STORAGE; EXCHANGER; DESIGN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.001

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A phase change material (PCM) based solar-assisted air source heat pump (PCM-SAHP) system consisting of an air source heat pump (ASHP), PCM unit and solar thermal collector is proposed. The purpose of the system is to enhance the performance of the ASHPs at low ambient temperatures, and to eliminate the discrepancy between the demand and supply side of cooling/heating energy. The paper is organized as follows: In the first section, the design of the system is compared against other analogue systems. Then, an experimental study on the PCM-SAHP system is provided. The improvements to the system are observed for both the cooling and heating modes. The experimental findings indicate that in the cooling mode the ambient temperature still has a significant effect on the operating performance of the system. In contrast, it is found that the effect of the chilling water flow rate (through the PCM unit) on the system performance is relatively subtle. The authors use an equivalent coefficient to analyze the heat transfer status in the PCM unit. The results of the experiment suggest that researchers should focus more on the overall performance of the system rather than on the heat transfer coefficient of a single component. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：434 / 452

页数：19

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