Development and Validation of a Gas-Fired Residential Heat Pump Water Heater (Final Report)
- Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc., Unicoi, TN (United States); Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc.
- Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc., Unicoi, TN (United States)
- Gas Technology Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
- A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee, WI (United States)
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
For gas-fired residential water heating, the U.S. and Canada is predominantly supplied by minimum efficiency storage water heaters with Energy Factors (EF) in the range of 0.59 to 0.62. Higher efficiency and higher cost ($$\$$$$700 - $$\$$$$2,000) options serve about 15% of the market, but still have EFs below 1.0, ranging from 0.65 to 0.95. To develop a new class of water heating products that exceeds the traditional limit of thermal efficiency, the project team designed and demonstrated a packaged water heater driven by a gas-fired ammonia-water absorption heat pump. This gas-fired heat pump water heater can achieve EFs of 1.3 or higher, at a consumer cost of $$\$$$$2,000 or less. Led by Stone Mountain Technologies Inc. (SMTI), with support from A.O. Smith, the Gas Technology Institute (GTI), and Georgia Tech, the cross-functional team completed research and development tasks including cycle modeling, breadboard evaluation of two cycles and two heat exchanger classes, heat pump/storage tank integration, compact solution pump development, combustion system specification, and evaluation of packaged prototype GHPWHs. The heat pump system extracts low grade heat from the ambient air and produces high grade heat suitable for heating water in a storage tank for domestic use. Product features that include conventional installation practices, standard footprint and reasonable economic payback, position the technology to gain significant market penetration, resulting in a large reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from domestic hot water production.
- Research Organization:
- Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc., Unicoi, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0003985
- OSTI ID:
- 1060285
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EE0003985--1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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