Performance of a residential desuperheater.
Author(s) : FANNEY A. H., DOUGHERTY B. P.
Summary
The performance of a residential earth-coupled heat pump having an integral desuperheating water-heating circuit is presented. The system, which includes a 50-gallon electric water heater, is located in a home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. During a 24-month monitoring period, the desuperheater contributed 27% of the total energy supplied for heating water. On a monthly basis, the desuperheater's contribution varied from less than 1 to 55%. Simple payback for the desuperheater is projected to occur by the end of the fourth year of operation. For a few selected days during the monitoring period, data were recorded every minute to gain insight into how the desuperheater and resistive elements interact in recovering the water heater. In general, the desuperheater contributed most to heating the lower portion of the tank from the setpoint of the lower thermostat, 43 deg C, to temperatures occasionally approaching 60 deg C.
Details
- Original title: Performance of a residential desuperheater.
- Record ID : 1993-2242
- Languages: English
- Publication date: 1992
- Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
vol. 98; n. 1; 489-499; 13 fig.; 4 tabl.; 10 ref.; discuss. - Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
Indexing
- Themes: Residential heat-pumps
- Keywords: Single-family house; Heat pump; Performance; Desuperheater; Domestic water
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