Reversible-flow-type linear expansion valves for heat pumps
Conference
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· ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5394629
Recently, many air-conditioners are utilizing high-efficiency compressors, high-efficiency heat exchangers, and microcomputers to save energy and get more comfort. In Japan, the inverter-driven heat pump is gaining popularity in the residential heat pump market. Total demand for packaged air-conditioners is estimated to be 450,000 and 80% of these are air-source heat pumps in Japan. It is one of our main themes to improve low ambient temperature characteristics of heat pumps and also to engineer the refrigerant circuits matched to a variable-capacity heat pump with inverter or one with plural indoor units. The authors have developed the electronic linear expansion valve with its refrigerant circuit to achieve high efficiency operation in wide ambient temperature range to attain 35% energy savings in the case of an inverter-driven unit. Also they obtained high performance operation with suitable refrigerant distribution to each indoor unit in inverter-driven heat pumps. The operation was controlled to get constant superheat in cooling, constant subcooling in heating and totally adequate superheat in the suction line.
- Research Organization:
- Shizuoka Works
- OSTI ID:
- 5394629
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850606-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: ASHRAE Trans.; (United States) Journal Volume: 91:2B
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ASIA
BUILDINGS
CAPACITY
COMPRESSORS
COMPUTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COOLING
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
INVERTERS
JAPAN
MACHINERY
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
PERFORMANCE
PIPELINES
REFRIGERANTS
REFRIGERATING MACHINERY
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SUBCOOLING
SUPERHEATING
THERMAL COMFORT
VALVES
WORKING FLUIDS
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
AIR CONDITIONERS
AIR CONDITIONING
AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ASIA
BUILDINGS
CAPACITY
COMPRESSORS
COMPUTERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
COOLING
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEATING
INVERTERS
JAPAN
MACHINERY
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
PERFORMANCE
PIPELINES
REFRIGERANTS
REFRIGERATING MACHINERY
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SUBCOOLING
SUPERHEATING
THERMAL COMFORT
VALVES
WORKING FLUIDS