TY - JOUR
T1 - Domestic air-conditioner and integrated water heater for subtropical climate
AU - Ji, Jie
AU - Chow, Tin-Tai
AU - Pei, Gang
AU - Dong, Jun
AU - He, Wei
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - The technology of using a heat pump for space conditioning and domestic hot water heating in residences has been developed for half a century. The earlier air-to-water heat pumps and water-heating heat pumps suffered from drawbacks like high costs, unreliable operation, and inflexible applications. They were not well positioned in the market to attract customers. This paper introduces a novel air-conditioning product that can achieve the multi-functions with improved energy performance. The basic design principles and the laboratory test results are presented. The results showed that by incorporating a water heater in the outdoor unit of a split-type air-conditioner so that space cooling and water heating can take place simultaneously, the energy performance can be raised considerably. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - The technology of using a heat pump for space conditioning and domestic hot water heating in residences has been developed for half a century. The earlier air-to-water heat pumps and water-heating heat pumps suffered from drawbacks like high costs, unreliable operation, and inflexible applications. They were not well positioned in the market to attract customers. This paper introduces a novel air-conditioning product that can achieve the multi-functions with improved energy performance. The basic design principles and the laboratory test results are presented. The results showed that by incorporating a water heater in the outdoor unit of a split-type air-conditioner so that space cooling and water heating can take place simultaneously, the energy performance can be raised considerably. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Domestic hot water heating
KW - Heat pump
KW - Refrigeration
KW - Room air-conditioner
KW - Thermal design
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U2 - 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00228-4
DO - 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00228-4
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 1359-4311
VL - 23
SP - 581
EP - 592
JO - Applied Thermal Engineering
JF - Applied Thermal Engineering
IS - 5
ER -