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A Study on Performance Improvement of Heat Pump Adopting the Hot Gas Bypass Method  

Kang, Shin-Hyung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Konyang University)
Byun, Ju-Suk (Yonsei Center for Clean Technology, Yonsei University)
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Journal of Energy Engineering / v.15, no.4, 2006 , pp. 235-242 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study experimentally investigates the performance improvement of the heat pump by adopting the hot gas bypass method and using the internal heat exchanger according to the automatic defrost test conditions of ISO 5151 This study compares the hot gas bypass method with the time step method, and investigates effect on outdoor coil fan speed when the hot gas of compressor outlet enter outdoor coil inlet after the frost formation. The tests were made for the fan speeds of the outdoor coil controlled at 90, 60 and 30% of the normal speed together with the case of the stationary fan. The performance of the heat pump is evaluated by variables such as COP, heat capacity, and the average COP during the 210 minutes heating mode. Results show that average COP of the hot gas bypass mettled is $2.2{\sim}6%$ higher than that of the time step method. When the outdoor coil fan speed is 60% (780 rpm) of the normal speed, it shows the best COP and heating capacity.
Keywords
Heat pump; Hot gas bypass method; Internal heat exchanger; COP;
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