Transcritical carbon dioxide microchannel heat pump water heaters: Part I – validated component simulation modules

Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Microchannel Heat Pump Water Heaters: Part I - Validated Component Simulation Modules

An experimental and analytical study on the performance of carbon dioxide heat pumps for water heating was conducted. The performance of compact, microchannel, water-coupled gas coolers, evaporator, and suction line heat exchanger (SLHX) were evaluated in an experimental facility. Analytical heat exchanger models accounting for the flow orientation and changing CO2 thermophysical properties wer...

Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Microchannel Heat Pump Water Heaters: Part II - System Simulation and Optimization

This paper presents the development of a transcritical CO2 heat pump water heating system model incorporating analytical heat exchanger models and an empirical compressor model. This study investigated the effects of a suction line heat exchanger (SLHX) and once-through versus multi-pass water heating schemes. The once-through systems outperformed the multi-pass systems by 10% for the system wi...

Transcritical carbon dioxide heat pump systems: A review

Carbon dioxide is a safe, economic and environmentally sustainable refrigerantwhich can be used in heat pump and refrigeration systems. Research into the performance and benefits of a transcritical heat pump cycle using carbon dioxide began in the early 1990s. Theoretical and experimental research, as well as commercial system development, has improved transcritical system performance to a leve...

Transient Simulation of a Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Refrigeration System

Transient simulations of refrigeration cycles are crucial for evaluating new refrigerants. Previously developed transient simulation tool was capable of simulating refrigeration systems using refrigerants R22 and R134a and was validated with experimental data; however, incorporating non-traditional refrigerants such as R744 (carbon dioxide) change the cycle operation beyond the capabilities of ...

Air Source Heat Pump for Northern Climates Part I: Simulation of Different Heat Pump Cycles