Print Email Facebook Twitter Heat Pumps Title Heat Pumps: With special attention to residential heating Author Bakker, M.M. Contributor van der Kooi, H.J. (mentor) Faculty Applied Sciences Date 1996-03-20 Abstract This survey is made to give an impression on heat pumps in general, with special attention to the use for residential heating. It was not possible, within the given time, to discuss every type of heat pump in detail, since there are too many. A lot of the systems can be derived from a new few basic principals. Thermodynamic aspects are described and methods to calculate the coefficient of performance (COP) for various thermodynamic cycles are given, together with a description of the cycles. Since the choice of the heat source is very important, there is a description of the heat sources. It appears that the use of thermal energy, from ground about 1-2 m below the surface, with vertical heat exchangers, is very interesting for The Netherlands. The capacity of the system is not discussed widely, although, it is very important. It is always difficult to choose the capacity of a heat pump, sometimes a lower capacity with auxiliary heating can be interesting. For the heat distribution in the house it is important to use a low temperature distribution system, for instance, air. This because the COP decreases when the temperature difference between low and high level temperature increases. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2ee80ec5-242b-4426-a4cf-92a6f236d1c5 Part of collection Student theses Document type student report Rights (c) 1996 M.M. Bakker Files PDF AA273903_1.pdf 15.12 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2ee80ec5-242b-4426-a4cf-92a6f236d1c5/datastream/OBJ/view