Thermoelectric (TE) modules have been integrated into a subcooler of an experimental CO_2 transcritical vapor compression cycle test system. The TE Subcooler was designed and fabricated to subcool CO_2 exiting the gas cooler to a temperature below ambient. The heat from the TE Subcooler was rejected to the ambient utilizing a separate thermosyphon refrigerant loop with a separate condenser. The thermoelectric modules operate at efficiencies greater than the baseline system, increasing capacity and the overall coefficient of performance (COP) of the entire system. Additionally, subcooling of the CO_2 before the expansion device leads to a reduced optimum gas cooling pressure, resulting in greater COP improvement that cannot be achieved in conventional refrigerant vapor compression systems utilizing a TE Subcooler. The use of a simple aluminum microchannel TE Subcooler was shown to increase the COP of the system by 5% and increase the capacity by 15%.
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机译:热电(TE)模块已集成到实验CO_2跨临界蒸汽压缩循环测试系统的过冷却器中。 TE Subcooler设计并制造成将气体冷却器离开的亚池CO_2以低于环境温度的温度。使用具有单独冷凝器的单独的热磷灰色制冷剂环被拒绝来自TE过冷器的热量。热电模块以大于基线系统的效率,增加容量和整个系统的性能总系数(COP)的效率工作。另外,CO_2在膨胀装置之前的过冷却导致降低的最佳气体冷却压力,导致常规制冷剂蒸汽压缩系统中不能实现的更大的COP改进,其利用TE过冷器。示出了使用简单的铝微型通道TE过冷器将系统的COP增加5%,并将容量增加15%。
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