The Experimental Investigation and Theoretical Analysis on Transcritical Carbon Dioxide Heat Pump Cycle

Abstract:

The (H)CFC-phase out and the fear for future problems for other synthetic working fluids, because of their known and unknown impact on the environment, have introduced a rising interest in environmentally safe natural working fluids. CO₂ is one of the few non-toxic and non-flammable working fluids that do not contribute to ozone depletion or global warming, if leaked to the atmosphere. Because the critical temperature of CO₂ is only 31.1°C, the transcritical cycle can be used to improve the coefficient of performance of the system. The experimental investigation and theoretical analysis on transcritical carbon dioxide heat pump system are carried out in this paper. It points out that there is an optimum operational pressure on transcritical carbon dioxide heat pump cycle, when the outlet temperature of gas cooler is constant, the coefficient of performance increases with increasing evaporating temperature at the same conditions, and the operational efficiency increased with decrease of gas cooler exit temperature. So in order to obtain the optimum performance, the influence of evaporating temperature, gas cooler exit temperature, and the operational pressure should be considered during the designing and operating transcritical carbon dioxide heat pump system.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 455-456)
• Pages: 240-245
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.455-456.240
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Lu Xiang Zong, Jian Lin Liu, Xue Shi, Ying Bai Xie
• Keywords: Carbon Dioxide CO₂, Coefficient of Performance (COP), Experimental Investigation, Theoretical Analysis, Transcritical Heat Pump Cycle

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