Application of transcritical CO2 heat pumps to boiler replacement in low impact refurbishment projects
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80% of current UK housing stock is expected to still be in use in 2050. Difficult, intrusive and expensive, refurbishment measures are required to achieve the level of insulation required for current low temperature heat pumps. Transcritical CO2 heat pumps can achieve higher efficiencies, with higher output temperatures, than current, Carnot limited, synthetic gas heat pumps, with less environmental impact. Widely deployed in water heating and supermarket chilling systems, CO2 heat pumps need heating return temperatures of 30 °C or less to function effectively. This has impeded their adoption with hydronic heating systems which have high return temperatures. This study identified system modifications external to the refrigeration cycle that address return temperatures. It modelled a transcritical CO2 air source heat pump with a hydronic heating system in a solid wall semi-detached house. Full year system coefficients of performance over 3 were achieved in four UK locations by using space heating return fluids to defrost the air source heat exchanger and to pre-heat inlet water, recovering any remaining excess return fluid heat as a source for the heat pump. Solar panels boosted this to 5.1. The levelized cost of energy for the system was calculated (with heat pump grant) at 22p/kWh, lower than a gas boiler, with 9.45 tonnes CO2 emission savings over a fifteen-year life.
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Heliyon - 10(2024), 6 vom: 30. März, Seite e26929 |
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