The potential application of a magnetocaloric heat pump in ultra-low temperature district heating systems

Jierong Liang*, Marvin Masche, Kurt Engelbrecht, Tingting Zhu*, Christian Bahl

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Abstract

Ultra-low temperature district heating (ULTDH) systems were proposed to operate at lower temperatures in combination with booster heat pumps working from 313 K to 333 K. This can increase the system efficiency and enable the exploitation of renewable heat sources, but only based on the proper design for system boundary conditions. The techno-economic analysis of ULTDH systems revealed that the seasonal coefficient of performance of booster heat pumps should be sufficiently high to ensure the competitiveness of ULTDH systems. We study the potential of a novel magnetocaloric heat pump integrated into a domestic hot water application based on ULTDH systems. The magnetocaloric heat pump is based on the active magnetic regenerator (AMR) system that uses the reversible magnetocaloric effect of a solid-state refrigerant with no global warming potential to build a heating/cooling cycle. The solid refrigerant can be layered with different magnetic phase-change temperatures to provide a good temperature match between the user water stream and the refrigerant flow. The heating capacity can be tuned in a wide range by combinatorial control of frequency, fluid flow rate, blow fraction and offset fraction. An experimentally validated model with an average error of ~9.2% was used to study the partial load operation. A COP improvement of 68% was obtained at a partial load of 47.4% by simultaneously tuning the frequency and fluid flow rate. Important factors for the magnetocaloric heat pump integration in the ULTDH system were identified.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of ECOS 2022 - The 35th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems 2022
Number of pages12
PublisherECOS
Publication date2022
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event35th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
- DGI-Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 3 Jul 20227 Jul 2022
Conference number: 35
https://ecos2022.dtu.dk/

Conference

Conference35th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
Number35
LocationDGI-Byen
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period03/07/202207/07/2022
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Keywords

  • Magnetocaloric heat pump
  • Ultra-low temperature district heating
  • Partial load
  • Magnetocaloric effect

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