Abstract
Due to the global environmental problems, the usage of natural refrigerants, such as water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons, are examined widely. Especially, absorption heat pump system using ammonia and water is penetrated widely for residential use in the U.S. and Europe, because it is easy to make the air-cooled system and to perform with high COP for heating. Authors have been developing an ammonia/water heat pump system for residential use. This system is driven by natural gas and supplies chilled water for cooling and hot water for heating. The results of performance tests indicated 6.8 kW for cooling capacity and 10.3 kW for heating capacity. The objective of this paper is to introduce the specifications and performance test results of the latest model.
