Abstract
The present paper reports the experimental performance for a prototype heat pump(1.8 kW) with an inverter. The effect of varying various parameters including heat source and evaporation temperatures, inverter frequency, flow rates of the condenser and evaporator, etc. on the space heating power and the total coefficient of performance(TCOP) was clarified in detail. Then, the simulation method was developed on the basis of the experimental results. As an application, a high-efficiency heat pump thermal energy storage/solar system was proposed and the simulative results were presented.
