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The Use of Heat Pumps For Domestic Heating: Utilisation Des Pompes de Chaleur Pour Le Chauffage Domestique
The Use of Heat Pumps For Domestic Heating: Utilisation Des Pompes de Chaleur Pour Le Chauffage Domestique
The Use of Heat Pumps For Domestic Heating: Utilisation Des Pompes de Chaleur Pour Le Chauffage Domestique
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01 4 0 - 7 0 0 7 / 7 9 / 0 2 0 1 0 2 - 0 3
$02.00
COP of available
equipment
5
10
15
1.5- 1.8
1.8 - 2.2
2.1 - 2.3
chaleur
COP feasible
by redesign
2.5
2.7
2.7
Oxted
Alton
Capenhurst
56
58
57
Available equipment
Equipment w h i c h is now available in Britain is
almost all US manufactured, reversible, cooling
equipment. Whilst well suited to commercial
applications in which there is a cooling need, it is
not well suited to domestic use.
Heap 1 has examined the operation of three such
units in British houses, and has found a number of
shortcomings.
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Indoorfan
Condensercoil
Development
- - Compressor
r - - Return air inlet
/
with filter
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c o Evoporot
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--
Outdoorton
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Fig 2 Component layout
programme
Conclusions
c o m p r e s s o r starting. A f u r t h e r 0 . 1 4 kW is required
to operate the fans, t h o u g h this may be exceeded in
the d e v e l o p m e n t unit if o p t i m a l f a n / m o t o r
c o m b i n a t i o n s cannot be o b t a i n e d from m a n u f a c turers' normal ranges. A c e n t r i f u g a l b l o w e r
is used indoors and an axial fan outdoors, but
design studies suggest that mixed f l o w fans may
offer p e r f o r m a n c e i m p r o v e m e n t s , and these will be
assessed later,
References
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T a b l e 3. C o n t r o l c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
Tableau 3. Caract~ristiques de la r ~ g u l a t i o n
Operation
Conditions
Outdoor fan
Normal running
(DT<DT*)
Cold weather
defrost
Operates with
indoor fan
Off
Indoor fan
and
compressor
Defrost
heater
On room
thermostat
control
Off
Off
0n
(DT>DT *, TJ<
Mild weather
defrost
(DT>DT*, T,~>
T~,*)
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0n
Off
Off
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l Journal of Refrigeration