The objective of this thesis is the design and realization of a higher efficiency air source heat pump. The improved pump???s operating cost must rival the cost of heating with natural gas, while incurring a minimal increase in the capital cost of the pump. A COP greater than 4 at ???15C ambient is needed to achieve this goal. During winter season testing a COP of 4.25 +/- 0.11 was observed. This tracks well with a predicted COP of 4.4 and also against a commercial system with a claimed COP between 2.1 and 3.0.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OWTU.10012/8292 |
| Date | 13 March 2015 |
| Creators | Chan, WenYen |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
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