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Influence of thermal energy storage integration strategy on system performance and refrigerant charge for small-scale R290 heat pumps.
Number: 1260
Author(s) : OTHMAN A., AUTE V., TANCABEL J.
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As small-scale (2.5 – 5 kW) heat pumps across the US increase straining the grid during peak hours, integrated heat pump thermal energy storage (HP-TES) systems can assist by load shifting. However, challenges arise when assembling these systems, as direct refrigerant-phase change material (PCM) heat exchangers (HXs) increase refrigerant charge, and indirect secondary loops degrade HP-TES performance. In this work, direct and indirect HP-TES configurations were sized using commercially available HXs to compare the available load shift time and performance at similar refrigerant charges. For the same indirect 5 kW HP-TES refrigerant charge, directly HP-TES can operate up to 72 and 145 minutes in cooling and heating modes, respectively, using small diameter tubes. Using Modelica, COP increases for direct and indirect HP-TES were 22% and 9%, respectively, given the parasitic losses in the indirect HP-TES. Overall, small-scale direct HP-TES can have comparable refrigerant charges with indirect HP-TES maximizing COP improvements.
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- Original title: Influence of thermal energy storage integration strategy on system performance and refrigerant charge for small-scale R290 heat pumps.
- Record ID : 30032752
- Languages: English
- Source: 16th IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL2024). Proceedings. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, August 11-14 2024
- Publication date: 2024/08
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18462/iir.gl2024.1260
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