The spread of absorption heat pump is considered an effective strategy to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases andthe heat island impact. However, its large volume and low efficiency as compare to vapor-compression system haverestricted its application area. In order to develop a compact and high-efficiency absorption heat pump, we propose a newtype of system which adopting triple effect cycle at cooling, while double effect at heating. In addition, unused energy,such as sewage water, is used in this system to improve the COP furthermore.
System performances were evaluated by discussing the COP, highest pressure, highest temperature, strongest solutionconcentration, and energy consumption at part-load operation. By using sewage water as heat source, COP increaseswhile the highest pressure, highest temperature and strongest solution concentration decrease. From a standpointofperformance at heating and energy consumption, it is found that the proposed system works well and more effective thanthe existing system.
