THE THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON TRANSCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM

摘要

Synthetic refrigerants such as CFCs and HCFCs deplete ozone and cause greenhouse effect. CO_(2) as a natural working fluid has zero Ozone Depletion Potential and its Global Warming Potential is equal to 1, is receiving more and more attention in the refrigeration field. Because the critical temperature of CO_(2) is only 31.1 deg C, the trans-critical cycle can be used to improve the coefficient of performance of the system. The thermodynamic analysis and experimental investigation on trans-critical carbon dioxide heat pump system are carried out in this paper. It points out that there is an optimum operational pressure on trans-critical carbon dioxide heat pump cycle, when the outlet temperature of gas cooler is constant, the coefficient of performance increases with increasing evaporating temperature at the same conditions, and the operational efficiency increased with decrease of gas cooler exit temperature. So in order to obtain the optimum performance, the influence of evaporating temperature, gas cooler exit temperature, and the operational pressure should be considered during the designing and operating transcritical carbon dioxide heat pump system.