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Influence of the Operation Modes on the Optimum Refrigerant Charge Amount of a Heat Pump

다양한 운전모드에서 물대물 열펌프의 성능 및 최적충전량 변화에 관한 연구

  • Boahen, Samuel (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbant National University) ;
  • Lee, Kwang Ho (Department of Architectural Engineering, Hanbant National University) ;
  • Choi, Jong Min (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbant National University)
  • Received : 2018.05.02
  • Accepted : 2018.05.23
  • Published : 2018.06.01
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Abstract

As heat pump application has been extending to residential, commercial, and industrial fields, the heat pump should have many operation modes. It is required to optimize refrigerant charge amount at all operation modes in order to enhance the annual performance of heat pumps. In this study, the performance analysis of the heat pump which has cooling, heating, cooling-hot water, heating-hot water, and hot water modes was executed with the variation of refrigerant charge amount. As the refrigerant charge amount changed, the maximum COPs of the heat pump at different operation modes were changed within ${\pm}10%$. Therefore, it is highly recommended to select optimum charge amount for the heat pump based on the analysis of annual load for each operation modes.

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