Design, development and testing of a solar-powered multi-family residential size prototype turbocompressor heat pump
Abstract
A program described to design, fabricate, and conduct preliminary testing of a prototype solar-powered Rankine cycle turbocompressor heat pump module for a multi-family residential building is presented. A solar system designed to use the turbocompressor heat pump module including all of the subsystems required and the various system operating modes is described in Section I. Section II includes the preliminary design analyses conducted to select the heat pump module components and operating features, working fluid, configuration, size and performance goals, and estimated performance levels in the cooling and heating modes. Section III provides a detailed description of the other subsystems and components required for a complete solar installation. Using realistic performance and cost characteristics for all subsystems, the seasonal performance of the UTC heat pump is described in various US locations. In addition, the estimated energy savings and an assessment of the economic viability of the solar system is presented in Section III. The detailed design of the heat pump module and the arrangement of components and controls selected to conduct the laboratory performance tests are described in Section IV. Section V provides a description of the special laboratory test facility, including the subsystems to simulate the collectors and storagemore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States); United Technologies Corp., Windsor Locks, CT (USA). Hamilton Standard Div.
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Conservation and Solar Applications
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6578217
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/34510-T1; UTRC-R-79-953050-1
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-77CS34510
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; HEAT PUMPS; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SOLAR HEAT ENGINES; SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS; RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES; AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; CAPACITY; CLIMATES; COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER CODES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COOLING LOAD; DAILY VARIATIONS; DIAGRAMS; EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; FLOWSHEETS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING LOAD; LOAD ANALYSIS; OPERATION; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SIZE; SPECIFICATIONS; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING; TURBOMACHINERY; WEATHER; WORKING FLUIDS; AIR CONDITIONERS; BUILDINGS; ECONOMICS; ENGINES; EQUIPMENT; FLUIDS; HEAT ENGINES; MACHINERY; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; VARIATIONS; 140901* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Space Heating & Cooling
Citation Formats
. Design, development and testing of a solar-powered multi-family residential size prototype turbocompressor heat pump. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web. doi:10.2172/6578217.
. Design, development and testing of a solar-powered multi-family residential size prototype turbocompressor heat pump. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6578217
. 1981.
"Design, development and testing of a solar-powered multi-family residential size prototype turbocompressor heat pump". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6578217. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6578217.
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abstractNote = {A program described to design, fabricate, and conduct preliminary testing of a prototype solar-powered Rankine cycle turbocompressor heat pump module for a multi-family residential building is presented. A solar system designed to use the turbocompressor heat pump module including all of the subsystems required and the various system operating modes is described in Section I. Section II includes the preliminary design analyses conducted to select the heat pump module components and operating features, working fluid, configuration, size and performance goals, and estimated performance levels in the cooling and heating modes. Section III provides a detailed description of the other subsystems and components required for a complete solar installation. Using realistic performance and cost characteristics for all subsystems, the seasonal performance of the UTC heat pump is described in various US locations. In addition, the estimated energy savings and an assessment of the economic viability of the solar system is presented in Section III. The detailed design of the heat pump module and the arrangement of components and controls selected to conduct the laboratory performance tests are described in Section IV. Section V provides a description of the special laboratory test facility, including the subsystems to simulate the collectors and storage tanks for building load and ambient conditions and the instrumentation, monitoring, and data acquisition equipment. The test results and sample computer analyses and comparisons with predicted performance levels are presented in Section VI. Various appendices provide supplementary and background information concerning working fluid selection (A), configuration selection (B), capacity control concepts (C), building models (D), computer programs used to determine component and system performance and total system economics (E), and weather data (F).},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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