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In heat pump systems operating with high pressure ratios and extended environmental conditions, vapor injection compressor systems are used in order to increase the system COP and lower the operating expenditure. Such systems consist of a two-stage throttling process in which injection gas for the compressor is provided via an internal heat exchanger or a flash tank. To maximize COP further, such heat pump systems offer multiple opportunities for optimization ranging from matching of an existing compressor to a specific heat pump system over compressor design modifications to expansion control strategies. Exploring the large design space that can be available to improve the overall system performance is only feasible by means of simulation considering economic constraints. Often though simulation tools focusing only on the macroscopic system performance are steady state and driven by empirical correlations and measurement data or focus on the compressor unit only. This approach however neglects possible dynamic system and compressor interactions that could lead to performance diminish. This holistic system optimization methodology can be implemented in the commercial simulation software GT-SUITE. In this study, a transient capable, detailed 1D scroll compressor model is integrated with a transient system model to demonstrate the capability of simulation methodology for the optimization of vapor injection heat pump systems. The developed model is compared to currently available empirical models to investigate the benefits of the proposed methodology.
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Lehocky, M., Framke, NH., Heinrich, A., Ramchandran, G., Aihara, R. (2024). Application of 1D Numerical Transient Compressor Model to Optimize Performance of Vapor Injection Heat Pump System. In: Read, M., Rane, S., Ivkovic-Kihic, I., Kovacevic, A. (eds) 13th International Conference on Compressors and Their Systems. ICCS 2023. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42663-6_28
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