Improving heat pump performance via compressor capacity control - Analysis and test, volume 1
Abstract
Past, present, and future developments in heat pump technology are outlined. One method of improvement, the capacity controlled heat pump, was studied in detail. An analysis of conventional and capacity controlled air-to-air heat pumps was performed using detailed computer simulations. New system sizing guidelines are outlined for capacity controlled units, resulting in as much as a 30% per year energy savings over conventional heat pumps in two of the six locations studied.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- January 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ihpp....1.....H
- Keywords:
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- Compressor Efficiency;
- Heat Pumps;
- Performance;
- Air Conditioning Equipment;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Energy Consumption;
- Heating Equipment;
- Thermodynamics;
- Engineering (General)