REFRIGERATION SERVICE ENGINEERS SOCIETY = HEAT PUMP COURSE mM Lesson 2 Heat Pump Systems QHELRLRLRRREE * SURERORGRORGRORDCea After completing this Lesson, you Il be able to: = Discuss the laws of heat transfer and explain how they apply to a heating and cooling system, = Explain what heat sourcas and sinks are. = List the criteria used to classify heat pump systems, "Describe refrigerant flow through a heat pump system in each operating mode. "Describe the main differences between air-lo-air and water-source heat pumps. "Compare the various types of heat pumps that are available— e.9,, packaged units, split systems, mini-split ductless heat pumps, ete. "Define the term thermal balance point and explain how to create a balance point chart on graph paper. = Use the information provided by a balance point chart to calculate the capacity needed for auxiliary heat. = Define the term coefficient of performance (COP) and explain its application toa heat pump. = Use the sensible heat equation to calculate the indoor air volume (cir) required for a heat pump system. = Explain how to select the capacity required for supplemental heat when a heat pump is in the defrost mode. List the important issues that should be discussed with customers when you are helping them make decisions about purchasing a heat pump. {© Copyright 2004 ny io Ratigraton Sere Enginors Soca.mM Lesson 2 ea m= Heat Pump Systems Meron of interesting ways. Until relatively recently, heating a home placed a considerable workload on the average person. At the turn of the 20th century, only the very wealthy could afford “automated” heating systems—and even those were primitive by today’s standards. The average person burned coal or, in the absence of coal, chopped wood to bum in the winter. Engineering advances in the 20th century made it possible for people living in developed nations to enjoy fully automated, year-round indoor comfort. Only since the middle of the 20th century has indoor comfort cooling become commonplace in industrialized nations. Today, your customers can choose from many types of highly efficient systems, Heat pumps are among them. T= ISTORY, PEOPLE HAVE HEATED THEIR HOMES IN A VARIETY Heat pumps may at first appear to defy the laws of nature. As you know, heat always travels from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature, just as water flows from a region of higher elevation to a region of lower elevation. A heat pump system uses vapor compression to extract heat from the lower-temperature region (the cold outdoor air in the winter) and reject, that heat into a region of higher temperature (the warm indoor air). The idea of using cold outdoor air to heat a house may seem a litle confusing. Remember, the terms “hot” and “cold” are relative, and in nature all substances contain heat energy whenever they have a measured temperature that is above absolute zero. Because absolute zero is 460°F below 0°F, cold winter air or ground water still contains ample heat energy for extraction by a vapor compression heat pump 7e0-208