scholarly journals Energy performance and life cycle cost assessments of a photovoltaic/thermal assisted heat pump system

Energy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 118108
Author(s):  
Yuanlong Cui ◽  
Jie Zhu ◽  
Stamatis Zoras ◽  
Yaning Qiao ◽  
Xin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System

scholarly journals Life cycle cost analysis of different residential heat pump systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Doseva ◽  
Daniela Chakyrova
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Heating And Cooling

Nowadays, the application of air-source heat pumps for heating and cooling in residential buildings has been increased significantly. The main occasion for this is the accessibility of a heat source for these devices - the external air. Nevertheless, the increase of the energy efficiency of the air source heat pump systems is a difficult design problem because their capacity and performance are a function of the dynamically changing parameters of the outdoor air. Because of that, the main aim of this study is to develop an approach for choosing a structural scheme of an air-to-water heat pump system under specific climatic conditions. The considered systems are monovalent, bivalent-parallel and bivalent-alternative heat pump systems. In the current paper is conducted a dynamic energy modeling of heating and cooling demand of a typical residential building situated in Varna, Bulgaria and applying the bin temperature data. It is assessed the effect of the heat pump capacity over the annual and seasonal energy performance of the heat pump systems. It is established the effect of the bivalent temperature, cut-off temperature and on-off cycles duration on rates of the criteria for techno-economic assessment. The seasonal coefficient of performance (SCOP), seasonal energy efficiency rate (SEER) and life cycle costs (LCC) of the analyzed heat pump systems are adopted as assessment parameters.

FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF HEAT RECOVERY COGENERATION LOOP AND ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP WITH DETAILED BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
DONG-HYUN SEO ◽  
JAE-YOON KOH ◽  
YOOL PARK
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Building Energy Simulation ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Cogeneration System

Recent energy and economic analysis of a cogeneration system has been implemented by a manual calculation that is based on monthly thermal loads of buildings. In this study, a cogeneration system modeling validation with a detail building energy simulation, eQUEST, for a building energy and cost prediction has been implemented. By analyzing the hourly building electricity and thermal loads, it enables designers to decide proper cogeneration system capacity and to estimate more reliable building energy consumption. eQUEST also verified economical and environmental benefits when the heat pump system is integrated with the cogeneration system because the mechanical system configuration benefits from the high efficiency heat pump system while avoiding the building electricity demand increase. Economic analysis such as LCC (Life Cycle Cost) method is carried out to verify economical benefits of the system by applying actual utility rates of KEPCO (Korea Electricity Power COmpany) and KOGAS (KOrea GAS company). As results, the proposed system consumed approximately 40% less energy than the Alt-2 in terms of source energy. LCC analysis results also show that the proposed system could save about 10–14% of energy cost during the life cycle compared to the Alt-1 and Alt-2. It could save 6–7% of the total life cycle cost and it is equivalent to around 1–1.3 billion Won in cost.

scholarly journals Analysis of Thermal Energy Collection From Precast Concrete Roof Assemblies

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley B. Abbott ◽  
Michael W. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Precast Concrete ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Water Heating ◽  
Domestic Water ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System

The development of precast concrete housing systems provides an opportunity to easily and inexpensively incorporate solar energy collection by casting collector tubes into the roof structure. A design is presented for a precast solar water heating system used to aid in meeting the space and domestic water heating loads of a single-family residence. A three-dimensional transient collector model is developed to characterize the precast solar collector’s performance throughout the day. The model describes the collector as a series of segments in the axial direction connected by a fluid flowing through an embedded tube. Each segment is represented by a two-dimensional solid model with top boundary conditions determined using a traditional flat plate solar collector model. The precast collector is coupled to a series solar assisted heat pump system and used to meet the heating needs of the residence. The performance of the proposed system is compared to the performance of a typical air-to-air heat pump. Using the system model, various designs and operating parameters were analyzed to determine a set of near optimal design values. The annual performance of the near optimal system was evaluated to determine the energy and cost savings for applications in Atlanta, GA and Chicago, IL. In addition, a life cycle cost was completed to determine the economic feasibility of the proposed system. The results of the annual study show that capturing solar energy using the precast collector and applying the energy through a solar assisted heat pump can reduce the electricity required for heating by more than 50 percent in regions with long heating seasons such as Chicago. The life cycle cost analysis shows that the energy savings justifies the increase in initial cost in locations with long heating seasons but that the system is not economically attractive in locations with shorter heating seasons.

scholarly journals Comparative Study Among Hybrid Ground Source Heat Pump System, Complete Ground Source Heat Pump and Conventional HVAC System

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Zhu ◽  
Yong Tao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pump ◽  
Life Cycle Cost ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
System Capacity ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pump ◽  
Hvac System ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Ground Source

In this paper, a hotel with hybrid geothermal heat pump system (HyGSHP) in the Pensacola is selected and simulated by the transient simulation software package TRNSYS [1]. To verify the simulation results, the validations are conducted by using the monthly average entering water temperature, monthly facility consumption data, and etc. Three types of HVAC systems are compared based on the same building model and HVAC system capacity. The results are presented to show the advantages and disadvantages of HyGSHP compared with the other two systems in terms of energy consumptions, life cycle cost analysis.

scholarly journals Comparative life cycle assessment: ground source heat pump system versus gas furnace and air conditioner system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisha Kathleen Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Ground Source Heat Pump ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Ground Source ◽  
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment

Ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems are an extremely efficient space heating and cooling technology. There is a large consensus throughout the literature that GSHP systems can reduce operational CO2 emissions by up to 80% in comparison to natural gas furnace (GF) and air conditioner (AC) systems. The literature is limited; however, in regards to the specific environmental impacts associated with the systems, as well as the impacts that occur throughout the systems’ entire life cycle. In this project, a comparative life cycle assessment was conducted to compare a GSHP system with a GF/AC system, examining 14 specific environmental impact categories. Results were consistent with the literature in regards to the operational stage; however the GSHP system displayed a significantly greater overall environmental impact. While these results are specific to the region of Ontario, Canada, they call into question the prevailing opinion that GSHPs are the more environmentally sustainable option.

Operational Energy Saving Potential of Thermal Effluent Source Heat Pump System for Greenhouse Heating in Jeju

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Hwi Kim ◽  
Dong-Won Lee ◽  
Rin Yun ◽  
Jaehyeok Heo
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Energy Saving Potential ◽  
Thermal Effluent ◽  
Operational Energy

Massive thermal effluent energy from power plant is mostly released to the sea, and only a little is used for fishing culture and agriculture in South Korea. The thermal effluent from the power plant can be an efficient heat source of the heat pump system to provide heating energy for the greenhouse, but energy loss and pump power by long distance pipeline installation from a power plant to the greenhouse should be considered. In this paper, an operational energy saving potential of a thermal effluent source heat pump system for the greenhouse heating was investigated. For the estimation of thermal load, three cases of greenhouse were categorized, and the thermal performance and operating energy consumption during the heating season were compared with those of a conventional ground source heat pump (GSHP) system. The model for heat pump system was newly derived to estimate the energy performance of the proposed system, and then detailed simulations for each system under three cases of greenhouse were conducted. The results showed that the operational energy of the proposed system can be saved by 17–20% than that of the conventional GSHP system.

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