The low temperature operation of a heat pump makes it an excellent match for the use of solar energy. At the National University of Singapore, a solar assisted heat pump system has been designed, fabricated and installed to provide water heating and drying. The system also utilizes the air con waste heat, which would normally be released to atmosphere adding to global warming. Experimental results show that the two-phase unglazed solar evaporator-collector, instead of losing energy to the ambient, gained a significant amount due to low operating temperature of the collector. As a result, the collector efficiency attains a value greater than 1, when conventional collector equations are used. With this evaporator-collector, the system can be operated even in the absence of solar irradiation. The waste heat was collected from an air-con system, which maintained a room at 20–22 °C. In the condenser side, water at 60 °C was produced at a rate of 3 liter/minute and the drying capacity was 2.2kg/hour. Maximum COP of the system was found to be about 5.5.
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ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 Conferences
July 19–23, 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Advanced Energy Systems Division and Solar Energy Division
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978-0-7918-4890-6
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Water Heating and Dehumidification With Heat Pump Utilizing Solar, Ambient and Waste Heat Available to Purchase
M. N. A. Hawlader,
M. N. A. Hawlader
National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Zakaria Mohd. Amin,
Zakaria Mohd. Amin
National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Shaochun Ye,
Shaochun Ye
Tong Fang Asia Pacific Ltd., Singapore
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Kyaw Thura Win
Kyaw Thura Win
Toppan Forms (S) Pte Ltd., Singapore
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M. N. A. Hawlader
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Zakaria Mohd. Amin
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Shaochun Ye
Tong Fang Asia Pacific Ltd., Singapore
Kyaw Thura Win
Toppan Forms (S) Pte Ltd., Singapore
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ES2009-90249, pp. 817-824; 8 pages
Published Online:
September 29, 2010
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Hawlader, MNA, Amin, ZM, Ye, S, & Win, KT. "Water Heating and Dehumidification With Heat Pump Utilizing Solar, Ambient and Waste Heat." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the Heat Transfer and InterPACK09 Conferences. ASME 2009 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2. San Francisco, California, USA. July 19–23, 2009. pp. 817-824. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2009-90249
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