Investigation of a gas-fuelled water heater based on combined power and heat pump cycles

Experimental Investigation on the Two-stage Compression Heat Pump Water Heater System with Refrigerant Injection

Nowadays heat pump water heater becomes a very hot topic in hot water industry. However it still has many problems such as higher condensing temperature, large-scale operation conditions and lower COP in cold regions. Based on these problems, the paper presents a prototype assembled with a two-stage rotary compressor which can be used in cold regions. The working principle and the basic feature...

Numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer in a gas-tank water heater

Influence of a vent hood at the exit of exhaust flue gas and flue baffles in the firetube on the temperature and flow fields of a gas tank water heater, as well as thestructure and amount of heat transferred to the water tank has been studiednumerically using two-dimensional steady state finite element simulation.Observations show that without a vent hood, there is a downward gas flow in theflu...

Comparison of Two Gas Coolers in CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater

Research on a Household Dual Heat Source Heat Pump Water Heater with Preheater Based on ASPEN PLUS

This article proposes a dual heat source heat pump bathroom unit with preheater which is feasible for a single family. The system effectively integrates the air source heat pump (ASHP) and wastewater source heat pump (WSHP) technologies, and incorporates a preheater to recover shower wastewater heat and thus improve the total coefficient of performance (COP) of the system, and it has no electri...

Experimental Study on the Performance of Water Source Trans-Critical CO2 Heat Pump Water Heater

The effect of the discharge pressure on the performance of the trans-critical CO2 heat pump with a low gas-cooler outlet temperature is experimentally investigated on a test rig of water source heat-pump water heater. The optimal discharge pressure of the trans-critical CO2 heat pump is investigated under different external operation conditions. When the tap-water temperature is low, the charac...