Air-cooled heat pump with desuperheater: Retrofit for year-round service hot water supply

Shiming Deng, Ziyan Song, Kunxiong Tan

Research output: Journal article publicationJournal articleAcademic researchpeer-review

8 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In a case study project an air-cooled heat pump unit was retrofitted with a desuperheater to provide service hot water in addition to chilled water for comfort space cooling in a 24-room holiday villa located in a subtropical region. The retrofit project is described, and system operating performance and energy efficiency are reported. A standard cooling tower was used to extract free heat from ambient air in transitional seasons, thus eliminating the need for electric back-up heating for service hot water.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-133
Number of pages5
JournalBuilding Services Engineering Research and Technology
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Building and Construction

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Air-cooled heat pump with desuperheater: Retrofit for year-round service hot water supply'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this