Heating performance of a vapor compression heat pump cascaded with a thermoelectric heat pump

Yifeng Hu; Bo Shen; Hanlong Wan; Kyle R. Gluesenkamp; Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy; Don Shirey

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123397

Heating performance of a vapor compression heat pump cascaded with a thermoelectric heat pump

Yifeng Hu, Bo Shen, Hanlong Wan, Kyle R. Gluesenkamp, Sreenidhi Krishnamoorthy, Don Shirey

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Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) are widely utilized for heating and cooling in residential buildings; however, their effectiveness in heating mode is compromised during extreme weather conditions. Extensive research endeavors have been undertaken to develop, test, and assess a cost-effective vapor compression ASHP suitable for cold climate regions. This study takes an innovative approach by developing component and system prototypes for a cold climate heat pump. This design combines a thermoelectric heat pump (TEHP) with a traditional residential split ASHP to augment heating capacity in low ambient temperature conditions. The component and system prototypes underwent experimental testing in the psychrometric chambers. The experimental findings revealed a 13.6 % to 13.7 % increase in total heat pump heating capacity, accompanied by a 3.1 % to 5.0 % decrease in the coefficient of performance (COP) at ambient temperatures of −15 °C and −19 °C, when compared to the original ASHP. The COP of the TEHP is relatively constant, ranging from 1.63 to 1.76. This prototype offers a solution to address the challenges associated with reduced heat pump capacity at low ambient temperatures. The experimental results indicated that the lower the ambient temperature, thermoelectric heat pump auxiliary heating can increase the heating efficiency 60 % in comparison to electric resistance.

Original language	English
Article number	123397
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	249
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123397
State	Published - Jul 15 2024

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This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan ). Funding was provided by the US Department of Energy\u2019s Building Technologies Office . Charles Pierce, and Tim Dyer provided support for the experimental infrastructure.

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COP
Cold climate heat pump
Heating capacity
Liquid line subcooler
Thermoelectric heat pump

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