Development of In Situ Refrigeration Cycle Measurement Method Using Air-Side Data of Air Source Heat Pump
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Abstract
The refrigeration cycle of an air source heat pump system is an important information that reveals critical operating data, such as the cooling capacity, power consumption, and performance of a system during operation. Operating data, such as refrigerant pressure and enthalpy in situ, can be difficult to measure. Therefore, this study developed an in situ refrigeration cycle measurement method using the airside data of an air source heat pump. A method for measuring the refrigeration cycle is proposed using the characteristics of evaporation, compression, condensation, and expansion processes. The distance function was analyzed by normalizing the difference between the refrigerant pressure and enthalpy of the existing and proposed measurement methods. In addition, the distance function for the maximum error of the pressure and enthalpy measurement devices was analyzed and compared with the distance function of the entire data used in the evaluation. All the evaluation data had low distance function values with a maximum difference of 5%, confirming the reliability of the proposed refrigeration cycle measurement method. The power consumption and calculated COP were also evaluated using the proposed method. The Mean Bias Error (MBE) of power consumption and COP were 0.15% and 0.04%, and the coefficient of variation of root-mean-square error (CvRMSE) was 8.967% and 7.14%, respectively.
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OpenAlex topics: Building Energy and Comfort Optimization · Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies · Heat Transfer and Optimization
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Affiliations
Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
Institute of Industrial Technology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
School of Architecture, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
Funding
Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)
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