EP3431896B1 - Heat pump hot water supplier - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a heat pump water heater apparatus having a water circuit and a refrigerant circuit using carbon dioxide as refrigerant, in which heat is exchanged between water flowing through the water circuit and the carbon dioxide flowing through the refrigerant circuit.
- Patent Literature 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2012-233626 (Claim 1, Page 9)
- Carbon dioxide As one type of refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit, carbon dioxide is known. Carbon dioxide has advantages such as incombustibility and low global warming potential, but has such a characteristic that a pressure in the refrigerant circuit is higher as compared to that of hydrocarbon refrigerant.
- Patent Literature 1 there is a description that, in the heat pump water heater apparatus using hydrocarbon refrigerant, the opening degree of the expansion valve is controlled so that the temperature difference between the discharge refrigerant temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and the outflow water temperature becomes the target value determined so that the coefficient of performance (COP) is maximized.
- Patent Literature 1 the control adopted in Patent Literature 1 could not be applied to the heat pump water heater apparatus using carbon dioxide.
- the carbon dioxide has a high pressure in the refrigerant circuit, and hence when the target temperature difference between the discharge refrigerant temperature and the outflow water temperature is determined so that the COP is maximized, the high-pressure-side pressure may exceed a design pressure. In this case, a heat pump operation cannot be continued, and the water heating is stopped. Further, there is also a characteristic in which the high pressure of the carbon dioxide tends to rise when the temperature of water to be heated by carbon dioxide is high, and hence management of the high pressure is important. A technology has been desired that enables the heat pump water heater apparatus using carbon dioxide to perform stable water heating operation while the rise of the high pressure is suppressed.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problem, and provides a heat pump water heater apparatus using carbon dioxide as refrigerant and capable of performing stable water heating operation while rise of a high pressure is suppressed.
- the present invention provides a heat pump water heater apparatus as set forth in claim 1.
- the heat pump water heater apparatus having the refrigerant circuit using carbon dioxide as refrigerant can perform stable water heating operation while the rise of the high pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor is suppressed.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram for illustrating a heat pump water heater apparatus according to Example 11 to be modified by the present invention.
- a heat pump water heater apparatus 100 has a refrigerant circuit 10 circulating carbon dioxide serving as refrigerant, and a water circuit 20.
- the refrigerant circuit 10 and the water circuit 20 are thermally connected through a first heat exchanger 12 serving as a water-refrigerant heat exchanger, and the first heat exchanger 12 exchanges heat between the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit 10 and water circulating through the water circuit 20.
- the refrigerant circuit 10 includes a compressor 11 configured to compress and discharge the refrigerant, a refrigerant passage 12a of the first heat exchanger 12 through which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11 passes, an expansion valve 13 configured to decompress the refrigerant, and a second heat exchanger 14, which are annularly connected in the stated order by a refrigerant pipe 18.
- the compressor 11 is driven by a driver including, for example, an inverter-controlled DC brushless motor, and has a function of varying the pressure and the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11.
- the expansion valve 13 has a variable opening degree, and has a function of varying a decompression state of the refrigerant passing therethrough.
- Example 1 an accumulator 15, which is a container for accumulating surplus refrigerant, is connected on the downstream side of the second heat exchanger 14 and on the upstream side of the compressor 11.
- the second heat exchanger 14 is an air heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant circuiting through the refrigerant circuit 10 and outdoor air.
- a fan 16 configured to send the outdoor air to the second heat exchanger 14 is arranged in the vicinity of the second heat exchanger 14.
- a first sensor 17 that is a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11 is provided.
- the first sensor 17 is a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the refrigerant directly or indirectly via a pipe.
- the water circuit 20 includes a tank 21 for storing water and a water passage 12b of the first heat exchanger 12, which are connected by a water circulating pipe 25.
- a pump 22 configured to send water is arranged in the water circulating pipe 25.
- the pump 22 is operated to circulate water in the water circuit 20.
- One end of the water circulating pipe 25 is connected to a lower portion of the tank 21, and an other end of the water circulating pipe 25 is connected to an upper portion of the tank 21. Water having a relatively low temperature at the lower portion of the tank 21 is heated by the first heat exchanger 12 to flow into the tank 21 from the upper portion of the tank 21.
- a water supply pipe 26 that is different from the water circulating pipe 25 is connected. Water from a water supply source is stored in the tank 21 via the water supply pipe 26. To the upper portion of the tank 21, an outflow water pipe 27 that is different from the water circulating pipe 25 is connected. Water having a relatively high temperature at the upper portion of the tank 21 is supplied to, for example, a bathtub.
- the pipe configurations related to water supply to the tank 21 and water outflow from the tank 21 are merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to those pipe configurations.
- a second sensor 23 that is a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing into the first heat exchanger 12 is provided.
- a third sensor 24 that is a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing out of the first heat exchanger 12 is provided.
- a water inlet temperature T wi detected by the second sensor 23 is a temperature of water before being heated by the first heat exchanger 12
- a water outlet temperature T wo detected by the third sensor 24 is a temperature of water after being heated by the first heat exchanger 12.
- the second sensor and the third sensor are temperature sensors configured to detect the temperature of the water directly or indirectly via a pipe.
- the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 includes an outdoor air temperature detection device 28 that is a temperature sensor.
- the outdoor air temperature detection device 28 is arranged at a place at which an outdoor air temperature in the vicinity of the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 can be measured.
- Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram for illustrating the heat pump water heater apparatus according to Example 1.
- the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 includes a controller 30 configured to control the entirety of the apparatus, and the controller 30 includes a memory 31.
- the controller 30 receives input such as output of the first sensor 17, the second sensor 23, the third sensor 24, and the outdoor air temperature detection device 28 and information from operation means operated by a user.
- the controller 30 outputs commands to the compressor 11, the expansion valve 13, the fan 16, and the pump 22 based on those pieces of input information to control the operation of those actuators.
- the controller 30 controls a frequency of the driver for the compressor 11 to control the operation state of the compressor 11 so that the pressure and the temperature of the discharged refrigerant are adjusted.
- the controller 30 controls the opening degree of the expansion valve 13 so that the refrigerant attains a target decompression state in the expansion valve 13.
- the controller 30 controls the operation states of the fan 16 and the pump 22.
- the controller 30 is constructed of dedicated hardware or a central processing unit (CPU, also referred to as central processing device, processing device, calculation device, microprocessor, microcomputer, and processor) configured to execute a program stored in the memory 31.
- CPU central processing unit
- the controller 30 When the controller 30 is dedicated hardware, the controller 30 corresponds to, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a combination of those circuits.
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field-programmable gate array
- Each functional unit to be implemented by the controller 30 may be implemented by individual hardware, or the functional units may be implemented by single hardware.
- each function executed by the controller 30 is implemented by software, firmware, or a combination of software and firmware.
- the software or the firmware is described as a program, and stored in the memory 31.
- the CPU loads and executes the program stored in the memory 31 to implement the functions of the controller 30.
- the memory 31 is a non-volatile or volatile semiconductor memory, for example, a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an EPROM, or an EEPROM.
- a part of the functions of the controller 30 may be implemented by dedicated hardware, and a part may be implemented by software or firmware. Further, in Fig. 2 , the respective actuators are controlled collectively by the controller 30, but the controller 30 is not necessarily required to be physically configured as illustrated in Fig. 2 . That is, specific forms of dispersion and integration of the controller 30 are not limited to those illustrated in Fig. 2 , and the whole or a part thereof may be functionally or physically dispersed or integrated in any unit in accordance with various loads or use conditions, for example.
- the overall description of water heating operation of the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 is provided below.
- the compressor 11 whose operation frequency is controlled, is operated, the compressed refrigerant is discharged from the compressor 11.
- the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11 flows into the refrigerant passage 12a of the first heat exchanger 12.
- the pump 22 is driven, and the action of the pump 22 causes water in the tank 21 to pass through the water circulating pipe 25 to flow into the water passage 12b of the first heat exchanger 12.
- the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant passing through the refrigerant passage 12a and the water passing through the water passage 12b exchange heat in the first heat exchanger 12, and the refrigerant decreased in temperature and the high-temperature water increased in temperature respectively flow out of the first heat exchanger 12.
- the high-temperature water increased in temperature in the first heat exchanger 12 passes through the water circulating pipe 25 to flow into the tank 21.
- the refrigerant flowing into the expansion valve 13 is decompressed to a state corresponding to the opening degree of the expansion valve 13, and transitions to the low-pressure refrigerant to flow into the second heat exchanger 14.
- the refrigerant flowing into the second heat exchanger 14 exchanges heat with the outdoor air in the process of passing through the second heat exchanger 14 and is increased in temperature.
- the operation state of the fan 16 is controlled so as to obtain a desired heat exchange amount between the outdoor air and the refrigerant.
- the refrigerant increased in temperature through heat exchange with the outdoor air in the second heat exchanger 14 is sucked into the compressor 11 via the accumulator 15.
- the controller 30 monitors the high-pressure-side refrigerant pressure output from the first sensor 17, and when the high-pressure-side refrigerant pressure exceeds an upper limit value determined at the time of design, the controller 30 temporarily stops the water heating operation.
- FIG. 3 is a flow chart for illustrating the control of the refrigerant circuit of the heat pump water heater apparatus according to Example 1.
- the opening degree of the expansion valve 13 is controlled so that the difference between the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t and the temperature difference ⁇ T between the discharge refrigerant temperature T ro and the water outlet temperature T wo is decreased.
- the value of the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t is set to be smaller in a case where the water inlet temperature T wi is the first temperature, than in a case of the second temperature that is smaller than the first temperature. Therefore, the opening degree of the expansion valve 13 is controlled so that the degree of superheat of carbon dioxide serving as the refrigerant is lower in a case where the water inlet temperature T wi is high, than in a case where the water inlet temperature T wi is low.
- the controller 30 temporarily stops the water heating operation when the high-pressure-side refrigerant pressure exceeds the upper limit value determined at the time of design, but the high pressure of the refrigerant is prevented from excessively rising according to Example 1. Therefore, the water heating operation can be continued stably, and the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 having high reliability can be obtained.
- Example 1 a modification example of above-mentioned Example 1 is described.
- description is given of correcting the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t based on the water inlet temperature T wi , but in the Embodiment of the invention description is given of controlling the minimum value of the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t after the correction.
- the Embodiment is achieved by adding a configuration to Example 1, and the difference from Example 1 is mainly described below.
- Fig. 6 is a configuration diagram for illustrating an accumulator according to the Embodiment of the invention.
- pipes of the refrigerant circuit 10 are inserted to an upper portion and a lower portion of the accumulator 15.
- the refrigerant flows into the accumulator 15 from the pipe at the upper portion, and gas refrigerant flows out of the pipe at the lower portion.
- the refrigerant flowing out of the accumulator 15 is sucked into the compressor 11.
- the accumulator 15 includes a liquid level gauge 19 configured to detect the liquid level of the liquid refrigerant in the accumulator 15.
- the specific configuration of the liquid level gauge 19 is not particularly limited as long as the liquid level gauge has a function of detecting the liquid level of the liquid refrigerant. Any liquid level gauge of, for example, a magnet float type, a capacitive type, or an ultrasonic type can be used.
- Fig. 7 is a functional block diagram for illustrating a heat pump water heater apparatus according to the Embodiment of the invention. As illustrated in Fig. 7 , the liquid level gauge 19 is connected to the controller 30 so that communication is enabled therebetween, and the output of the liquid level gauge 19 is input to the controller 30.
- the operation control related to the water heating capacity in the refrigerant circuit 10 of the heat pump water heater apparatus 100 is performed similarly to that illustrated in Fig. 3 in Embodiment 1. That is, the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t between the discharge refrigerant temperature T ro and the target water outlet temperature T wo_t is corrected based on the water inlet temperature T wi . Then, the opening degree of the expansion valve 13 is controlled so that the temperature difference ⁇ T between the detected discharge refrigerant temperature T ro and the water outlet temperature T wo becomes the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t after the correction.
- the value of the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t is corrected so that the value is smaller as the water inlet temperature T wi is higher, but when the liquid level gauge 19 detects that the liquid level in the accumulator 15 exceeds a threshold value, the downward correction of the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t is not performed. That is, when the liquid level gauge 19 detects the threshold value, the controller 30 maintains the value of the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t at the current state or increases the value to be larger than the current value irrespective of the detected water inlet temperature T wi .
- the controller 30 performs correction of decreasing the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t as the water inlet temperature T wi is increased until the amount of the liquid refrigerant in the accumulator 15 reaches the threshold value.
- the controller 30 does not perform correction of decreasing the target temperature difference ⁇ T _t , and hence the shortage of the amount of refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant circuit 10 can be prevented.
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