Hot gas defrosting method for air supply heat pump

Abstract

The invention relates to a hot gas defrosting method of an air source heat pump. The air source heat pump comprises a controller, a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion valve, a condenser, a circulating pump and an electric control valve. The defrosting method comprises the following steps: the controller controls the electric control valve, the compressor, the evaporator and the circulating pump to act sequentially and perform the following sequential steps repeatedly and alternately: heating, opening the valves to stop heating, defrosting, and closing the valves; and the hot gas defrosting method further comprises the following steps: A) the controller records the time T1 of the heating step in the previous circle and the time t consumed in the subsequent defrosting step; and B) the time T2 of the heating step in the next circle is set after computation according to the optimum defrosting time b which is obtained by experiments. Aiming at the disadvantages of the prior art, the air source heat pump can automatically adjust heating operation period, defrosting start time and defrosting time according to the ambient conditions by the hot gas defrosting method so as to obtain the optimum energy efficiency ratio.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a heat pump device, more specifically, the invention relates to a hot gas defrosting device of an air source heat pump and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] When the air source heat pump operates in a low-temperature climate, when the temperature and humidity reach certain conditions, frost will form on the surface of the evaporator. As time goes by, if the frost layer is not removed, the frost will become thicker and thicker, so that it will gradually affect the surface of the evaporator. The heating performance of the heat pump, until it can no longer perform heating work. [0003] Frosting will reduce the heat transfer performance of the evaporator and increase the energy consumption of heating. Therefore, when the frost is formed to a certain extent, it needs to consume extra energy to remove the frost layer of the evaporator, and then resume heating. At present, the common method of traditional hot g...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] However, since the degree of frosting of the heat pump is affected by factors such as ambient temperature and ambient humidity, and if the energy efficiency ratio of defrosting is considered, the following problems may occur in the timing and time-consuming selection of defrosting: 1. Too frequent defrosting, although it can ensure that the heat pump unit will not be unable to heat due to thickening of frost, but it will consume too much energy in the defrosting action, wasting energy; if the heating time is too long and delayed If defrosting is not performed, the low pressure protection may trip due to too thick frost, or the thick frost layer will affect the heat transfer of the evaporator, thereby affecting the performance

Obviously, the fixed heating operation cycle of the traditional method cannot accurately reflect the frosting situation of the evaporator. For example, when the ambient temperature is low and the humidity is high, the frosting situation of the evaporator after one operation cycle has seriously exceeded expectations. If the heating performance is compromised, it will cause unnecessary energy consumption; another example is that the humidity of the environment is low, and the evaporator has little frost after one operation cycle. At this time, it is not necessary to enter the defrosting, which will also cause energy waste.

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