학술논문

Experimental Study on the Performance of a Household Dual-Source Heat Pump Water Heater
Document Type
article
Source
Energies, Vol 11, Iss 10, p 2811 (2018)
Subject
dual source
heat pump
preheater
coefficient of performance (COP)
Technology
Language
English
ISSN
1996-1073
Abstract
A household dual source heat pump water heater is proposed to utilize the energy of wastewater and air heat in a bathroom. The heat pump system integrates a wastewater source heat pump (WSHP), air source heat pump (ASHP), and a preheater. This aims at energy saving through recovering the heat of wastewater and ventilation air during the bathing process. The experiment was conducted to verify the feasibility of a dual heat source heat pump water heater system in a bath unit. It is found that the system can achieve an average coefficient of performance (COP) of 4.80 and 4.38 with and without preheater, respectively. At a bath water temperature of 40 °C, a flow rate of 6 L/min, and a room temperature of 26.5 °C, the COP of system can reach 6.08, which shows a significantly promising method for energy saving in-house.