Experiment 4 Heat Pump: 1 CLB20703 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Experiment 4 Heat Pump: 1 CLB20703 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Experiment 4 Heat Pump: 1 CLB20703 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
HEAT PUMP
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OBJECTIVE:
To produce the performance curve of heat pump over a range of source and delivery
temperatures.
1.0 KEYWORDS
Heat pump
2. 0 OVERVIEW
A heat pump is a device that absorbs heat from a waste source or surroundings to produce
valuable heat on a higher temperature level than that of the heat source. The fundamental
idea of a heat pump is that heat is absorbed by a medium, which releases the heat at a
higher temperature after a physical or chemical transformation.
Heat pump technology has attracted increasing attention as one of the most
promising technologies to save energy. Areas of interest are heating of buildings, recovery
of industrial waste heat for steam production and heating of process water.
3. 0 INTRODUCTION
The SOLTEQ Mechanical Heat Pump (Model: HE165) is a bench top unit with all
components and instrumentations mounted on a sturdy base. The heat pump consists of a
hermetic compressor, a water-cooled plate heat exchanger (condenser), a thermostatic
expansion valve and an air heated evaporator. The arrangement of the components is
in a manner similar to that used for many domestic air-water heat pumps where they
are visible from the front of the unit.
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The temperature at which heat is delivered in the condenser is controlled by the
water flow rate and its inlet temperature. The evaporating temperature is largely
determined by the ambient air conditions. Instrumentations are provided for the
measurement of flow rates of both refrigerant and cooling water, power input to the
compressor and all relevant temperatures.
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Figure 2: Schematic Diagram for Mechanical Heat Pump (Model: HE165)
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3.3 Summary of Theory
Most of the heat pumps operate on the principle of the vapour compression cycle. In
this cycle, the circulating substance is physically separated from the heat source
and heat delivery, and is cycling in a closed stream. The cycle is therefore called a
‘closed cycle’ which consists of the following processes:
1. In the evaporator, the heat is extracted from the heat source to boil the
circulating substance;
2. The circulating substance is compressed by the compressor, raising its
pressure and temperature;
3. The heat is delivered to the condenser;
4. The pressure of the circulating substance (working fluid) is reduced back
to the evaporator condition in the throttling valve.
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Figure 4: A Pictorial Representation of a P-h Diagram
Thus, for the Theoretical Simple Cycle, this may be written as:
4.0 PROCEDURES.
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4.1 Start-up Procedure.
1. Check the unit and all the instruments are in proper condition.
2. Check both water source and drain are connected, then open the water supply
(**Pleas make sure water supply is fully opened).
3. Check the drain hose at the condensate collector is connected.
4. Connect the power supply and switch on the main switch at the control panel.
5. Set the cooling water flowrate to 80±0.5 % (4.0 LPM) by adjusting cooling water
valve slowly and carefully.
6. Switch on the refrigerant compressor and evaporator fan.
7. Switch on the computer, choose HE165 software and key in password “HE165”.
Click CLOSE for the event log viewer.
8. The unit is now ready for experiment as soon as temperature and pressure are
constant based on the trend in computer system (All 6 lines will become straight
lines, basically takes around 45-60 minutes).
Note: The cooling water rate display is in percentage (%). Below is the formula to
convert cooling water flow rate to LPM.
1. Cooling water flow rate (LPM)= Cooling water flow rate (%) ×5.0 LPM
100%
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5.0 DATA SHEET
Test 1 2 3 4 5
Cooling water %
flowrate , FT2
Cooling water LPM
flowrate, FT2
Cooling water °C
inlet temperature,
TT5
Cooling water °C
outlet
temperature, TT6
Compressor W
power input
6.0 TASKS
Plot the performance curves for heat pump (Coefficient of Performance, heat
delivered and compressor power input) versus cooling water outlet temperature, TT6.
7.0 FORMULA