Thermoeconomic analysis of ground‐source heat pump systems

A thermoeconomic analysis of a ground‐source heat pump (GSHP) system with a vertical or horizontal ground heat exchanger, a type of heat delivery system, was performed using the modified productive structure analysis method. In this analysis, the unit cost of geothermal heat delivered to a room using GSHP system was estimated. The unit cost of heat delivered was calculated to be $0.063/kWh for input of electricity with a unit cost of $0.140/kWh for a GSHP with a coefficient of performance (COP) of 3.27. Exergy destruction and monetary losses due to the irreversibility that occurs at each component of the system were also estimated. The unit cost of heat was found to be inversely proportional to the COP of the heat pump and proportional to the electricity input. The greatest monetary loss occurs in the geothermal heat exchanger in which considerable mass of brine flows in long pipes and in the fan‐coil unit which features a complex configuration of pipes in the air passages, respectively. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exergetic performance assessment of a ground‐source heat pump drying system

In evaluating the efficiency of heat pump (HP) systems, the most commonly used measure is the energy (or first law) efficiency, which is modified to a coefficient of performance (COP) for HP systems. However, for indicating the possibilities for thermodynamic improvement, energy analysis is inadequate and exergy analysis is needed. This study presents an exergetic assessment of a ground‐source (or geothermal) HP (GSHP) drying system. This system was designed, constructed and tested in the Solar Energy Institute of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. The exergy destructions in each of the components of the overall system are determined for average values of experimentally measured parameters. Exergy efficiencies of the system components are determined to assess their performances and to elucidate potentials for improvement. COP values for the GSHP unit and overall GSHP drying system are found to range between 1.63–2.88 and 1.45–2.65, respectively, while corresponding exergy efficiency values on a product/fuel basis are found to be 21.1 and 15.5% at a dead state temperature of 27°C, respectively. Specific moisture extraction rate (SMER) on the system basis is obtained to be 0.122 kg kW^?1 h^?1. For drying systems, the so‐called specific moisture exergetic rate (SMExR), which is defined as the ratio of the moisture removed in kg to the exergy input in kW h, is also proposed by the authors. The SMExR of the whole GSHP drying system is found to be 5.11 kg kW^?1 h^?1. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Experimental performance evaluation of a closed‐loop vertical ground source heat pump in the heating mode using energy analysis method

An experimental study is performed to determine the performance of a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system in the heating mode in the city of Erzurum, Turkey. The GSHP system using R‐134a as refrigerant has a single U‐tube ground heat exchanger (GHE) made of polyethylene pipe with a 16 mm inside diameter. The GHE was placed in a vertical borehole with 55 m depth and 203.2 mm diameter. The average coefficients of performance (COP) of the GSHP system and heat pump in heating mode are calculated as 2.09 and 2.57, respectively. The heat extraction rate per meter of the borehole is determined as 33.60 W m^?1. Considering the current gas and electric prices in Erzurum city, the equivalent COP of the GSHP system should be 2.92 for the same energy cost comparing with natural gas. The virgin ground in Erzurum basin has high permeability and low thermal conductivity. In order to improve the thermal efficiency of GHE and thus improve COP of a GSHP in the basin, the borehole should be backfilled with sand as low‐cost backfill material and a 1 to 2 m thick surface plug of clay should be inserted. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comprehensive exergy analysis of a ground-source heat pump system for both building heating and cooling modes

This paper presents a comprehensive exergy analysis of three circuits and whole system of a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) for both building heating and cooling modes. The purpose is to search out the key potential energy saving components. The analytical formulae of exergy loss, exergy efficiency, exergy loss ratio, exergy loss coefficient and thermodynamic perfect degree are derived, respectively. The results show that these exergy indexes should be used integratively, and in the whole system the location of maximum exergy loss ratio is the compressor, while the location of minimum exergy efficiency and thermodynamic perfect degree is the ground heat exchanger, so that the compressor and the ground heat exchanger should be primarily improved. The results also indicate that the exergy loss of a GSHP system for building heating mode is bigger than that of cooling mode, and the exergy efficiency of a whole GSHP system is obviously lower than those of its components for both building heating and cooling modes. Therefore, a comprehensive exergy analysis of a GSHP should be paid more attention to. The results may provide guidelines for the design and optimization of GSHP systems.     

Cooling performance of a vertical ground-coupled heat pump system installed in a school building

This paper presents the cooling performance of a water-to-refrigerant type ground heat source heat pump system (GSHP) installed in a school building in Korea. The evaluation of the cooling performance has been conducted under the actual operation of GSHP system in the summer of year 2007. Ten heat pump units with the capacity of 10 HP each were installed in the building. Also, a closed vertical typed-ground heat exchanger with 24 boreholes of 175 m in depth was constructed for the GSHP system. To analyze the cooling performance of the GSHP system, we monitored various operating conditions, including the outdoor temperature, the ground temperature, and the water temperature of inlet and outlet of the ground heat exchanger. Simultaneously, the cooling capacity and the input power were evaluated to determine the cooling performance of the GSHP system. The average cooling coefficient of performance (COP) and overall COP of the GSHP system were found to be ～8.3 and ～5.9 at 65% partial load condition, respectively. While the air source heat pump (ASHP) system, which has the same capacity with the GSHP system, was found to have the average COP of ～3.9 and overall COP of ～3.4, implying that the GSHP system is more efficient than the ASHP system due to its lower temperature of condenser.     

太阳能辅助地源热泵联合供暖(制冷)运行模式分析

太阳能和地源热泵联合供暖系统以其良好的节能和环保特性,近年来得到国内外众多学者和研究机构的广泛关注。总结了国内外地源热泵和太阳能集热器联合供暖（制冷）技术的发展现状和最新研究动态,介绍了太阳能辅助地源热泵联合供暖（制冷）的技术和特点,指出太阳能辅助地源热泵供暖（制冷）技术具有较好的发展前景。     

Energy and exergy analysis of fossil plant and heat pump building heating system at two different dead-state temperatures

In this paper, we deal with the energy and exergy analysis of a fossil plant and ground and air source heat pump building heating system at two different dead-state temperatures. A zone model of a building with natural ventilation is considered and heat is being supplied by condensing boiler. The same zone model is applied for heat pump building heating system. Since energy and exergy demand are key parameters to see which system is efficient at what reference temperature, we did a study on the influence of energy and exergy efficiencies. In this regard, a commercial software package IDA-ICE program is used for calculation of fossil plant heating system, however, there is no inbuilt simulation model for heat pumps in IDA-ICE, different COP (coefficient of performance) curves of the earlier studies of heat pumps are taken into account for the evaluation of the heat pump input and output energy. The outcome of the energy and exergy flow analysis at two different dead-state temperatures revealed that the ground source heat pumps with ambient reference have better performance against all ground reference systems as well as fossil plant (conventional system) and air source heat pumps with ambient reference.     

我国地源热泵相关技术专利综合分析

地源热泵是一种利用浅层土壤或含水层实现供热和空调制冷的高效节能设备。随着我国政府和社会对节能环保越发重视,地源热泵技术的优势将更加突出。最近几年我国地源热泵发展较迅速,在设计、制造、运行、管理等方面都取得了一些研究成果。对国内最近地源热泵的相关专利进行了检索,并进行了定性与定量分析,为该领域的研究者和企业提供专利信息参考,并归纳总结了一些研究热点,以期为我国地源热泵行业的研究开发与市场发展提供决策参考和技术依据。     

Cooling characteristics of ground source heat pump with heat exchange methods

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of the cooling performance for a water-to-water ground source heat pump (GSHP) by using the counter flow and parallel flow methods. The GSHP uses R-410A as a refrigerant, and its main components are a scroll compressor, plate heat exchangers as a condenser, an evaporator, a thermostatic expansion valve, a receiver, and an inverter. Based on our modeling results, the heat transfer rate of the counter flow evaporator is higher than that of the parallel flow evaporator for a heat exchanger length greater than 0.42 m. The evaporator length of the GSHP used in this study was set to over 0.5 m. The performance of the water-to-water GSHP was measured by varying the compressor speed and source-side entering water temperature (EWT). The cooling capacity of the GSHP increased with increased compressor RPMs and source side EWT. Also, using the counter flow method, compared to the parallel flow method, improves the COP by approximately 5.9% for an ISO 13256-2 rated condition.     

Study on a direct‐expansion solar‐assisted heat pump water heating system

Analytical and experimental studies were performed on a direct‐expansion solar‐assisted heat pump (DX‐SAHP) water heating system, in which a 2 m² bare flat collector acts as a source as well as an evaporator for the refrigerant. A simulation model was developed to predict the long‐term thermal performance of the system approximately. The monthly averaged COP was found to vary between 4 and 6, while the collector efficiency ranged from 40 to 60%. The simulated results were used to obtain an optimum design of the system and to determinate a proper strategy for system operating control. The effect of various parameters, including solar insolation, ambient temperature, collector area, storage volume and speed of compressor, had been investigated on the thermal performance of the DX‐SAHP system, and the results had indicated that the system performance is governed strongly by the change of solar insolation, collector area and speed of compressor. The experimental results obtained under winter climate conditions were shown to agree reasonably with the computer simulation. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

玻璃盖板对光伏-太阳能热泵冬季综合性能的影响

简要介绍了光伏-太阳能热泵(PV-SAHP)的原理及构成,利用已建立的PV-SAHP系统试验平台,在冬季有、无玻璃盖板两种工况下,对PV-SAHP系统的光电转换、光热转换、热泵循环等性能进行了对比测试,并分别进行了能量效率分析和效率分析。结果表明,在冬季有玻璃盖板工况下,虽然光电效率有一定降低,但热泵循环的性能系数、光电/光热综合效率、光热效率均有明显提高。     

An experimental study of a direct expansion ground‐coupled heat pump system in heating mode

In this paper, an experimental performance evaluation of a direct expansion ground‐coupled heat pump (DX‐GCHP) system in heating mode is presented. The DX‐GCHP uses R134a as the refrigerant, and consists of three single U‐tube copper ground heat exchangers (GHEs) placed in three 30 m vertical boreholes. During the on–off operations from December 25, 2007, to February 6, 2008, the heat pump supplied hot water to fan‐coil at around 50.4°C, and its heating capacity was about 6.43 kW. The energy‐based heating coefficient of performance (COP) values of the heat pump and the whole system were found to be on average 3.55 and 3.28 at an evaporating temperature of 3.14°C and a condensing temperature of 53.4°C, respectively. The second law efficiency on the DX‐GCHP unit basis was around 0.36. The exergetic COP values of the heat pump and the whole system were obtained to be 0.599 and 0.553 (the reference state temperature was set equal to the average outdoor temperature of ?1.66°C during the tests), respectively. The authors also discussed some practical points such as the heat extraction rate from the ground, refrigerant charge and two possible new configurations to simultaneously deal with maldistribution and instability of parallel GHE evaporators. This paper may reveal insights that will aid more efficient design and improvement for potential investigators, designers and operators of such DX‐GCHP systems. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

利用LCA评价方法对土壤源热泵节能减排效益的研究

利用生命周期评价方法(LCA)对土壤源热泵与空气源热泵在节能和CO2减排效益方面进行研究比较,考察了土壤源热泵相对于空气源热泵的能耗回收期(EPT)和CO2回收期(CPT)两个指标,结果表明,整个生命周期内土壤源热泵较空气源热泵节能91829.64t标准煤,CO2减排262.5t,相对能耗回收期为2.87a,CO2回收期为0.89 a。     

直接膨胀式太阳能热泵系统的理论分析

简述了直接膨胀式太阳能热泵的基本工作原理,从热力学理论出发,对直接膨胀式太阳能热泵的循环进行了理论热力分析,提出了系统各主要部件的能量平衡和火用平衡方程,分析了系统的性能系数COP和火用效率Eη。     

污水源冷热水机组的热力学分析

阐述了污水源冷热水机组在制冷和热泵工况下的各个设备的火用损失及整个机组的的火用效率计算公式,计算分析了机组在夏季制冷和冬季制热工况下各个设备在不同污水温度下的火用损失系数及整个机组的火用效率。     

Performance and economic feasibility of ground source heat pumps in cold climate

Ground source heat pumps (GSHP) are attractive alternatives to conventional heating and cooling systems owing to their higher energy utilization efficiency. In this paper, the effect of various system parameters on GSHP performance is studied using a computer model. Also, a comparative economic evaluation is carried out to assess the feasibility of using a GSHP in place of conventional heating/cooling systems and an air source heat pump. The results indicate that system parameters can have a significant effect on performance, and that GSHP is economically preferable to conventional systems. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Performance analysis of an air-source heat pump using an immersed water condenser

A distributed model of an air-source heat pump (ASHP) system and its experimental setup using an immersed water condenser were presented. Dynamic performance of the ASHP was then evaluated by both simulation and experiment. The results indicated that the system coefficient of performance (COP) decreased as the condenser temperature increased, ranging from 4.41 to 2.32 with the average COP equaling 3.29 during the experiment. Comparisons between simulation results and experimental measurements demonstrated that the model was able to yield satisfactory predictions. Furthermore, temperature profiles of the refrigerant in the evaporator and condenser were also given. This paper provides the theoretical and experimental background for ASHP system optimization and a valuable reference for a solar air-source heat pump water heater when the solar irradiation energy is insufficient on cloudy or rainy days.     

二类热泵在利用余热供热中的热力分析

对单级二类吸收式热泵进行热力分析,建立了热泵系统各部分质量守恒、能量平衡和火用分析数学模型。根据火用平衡方程计算了各个部分的火用损失和热泵系统的火用效率。分析了溶液换热器稀溶液温差、热源温差、余热源温度和冷却水温度对火用损失、循环倍率和COP等的影响。对热泵系统进行了火用能质量评定,确定了火用能的薄弱环节。     

太阳能与土壤源耦合供暖系统的实验研究

在分析太阳能、土壤源热泵及联合供热特点的基础上,研究了太阳能热泵独立系统、土壤源耦合热泵系统运行模式的制热性能和节能效果,建立了太阳能蓄能-热泵耦合热泵系统的供暖模式及优化模型.通过采暖季初期的太阳能蓄能、供暖,土壤源热泵独立供暖及太阳能-土壤源耦合热泵供热的实验研究,验证了太阳能-土壤源耦合热泵供暖模式的可行性和经济...     

Field test investigation of the characteristics for the air source heat pump under two typical mal-defrost phenomena

A study is presented on the characteristics of the air source heat pump (ASHP) under two kinds of typical mal-defrost phenomena. The definition of the “Mal-defrost phenomena” is put forward, and the possible origins of their occurrence are analyzed. It is concluded that the current defrost strategies may cause mal-defrost phenomena due to the lack of the direct control information, frost thickness. Transient characteristics of the tested ASHP under these mal-defrost phenomena are investigated by field tests. Instant frosting images are captured to record the dynamic frosting process. In the first phenomenon of mal-defrost, the defrost control is carried out over an hour after a “critical” level of frosting has been reached. It reduces the COP and heating capacity by about 17.4% and 29%, respectively. In the second phenomenon of mal-defrost, three defrost operations occur while almost no frost is observed on the heat exchanger during 6 h testing period. It causes 4.2% decrease for the heating efficiency.