Heat pump method and heat pump arrangement
OwnerHeinz BAUER, Martin KAMANN +1inventors
InventorsHeinz BAUER, Martin KAMANN, Thomas WIDL
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Abstract
A heat pump method, in which a working medium is vaporized at a lower temperature level using a heat source and subsequently compressed and liquefied at an upper temperature level using a heat sink, wherein: after being vaporized and before being compressed, the working medium is superheated; a temperature increase caused by the compression is restricted by means of injection into the compression; and after being compressed and before being liquefied, the working medium is saturated at the upper temperature level. The present invention also relates to a corresponding heat pump arrangement.
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A heat pump method, in which a working medium is vaporized at a lower temperature level using a heat source and subsequently compressed and liquefied at an upper temperature level using a heat sink, wherein, after being vaporized and before being compressed, the working medium is superheated;
- a temperature increase caused by the compression is restricted by means of injection into the compression;
- and after being compressed and before being liquefied, the working medium is saturated at the upper temperature level.
A heat pump arrangement which is designed to vaporize a working medium at a lower temperature level using a heat source and subsequently to compress and liquefy said working medium at an upper temperature level, using a heat sink, wherein means are provided which are designed to superheat the working medium, after being vaporized and before being compressed, in order to restrict a temperature increase caused by the compression by means of injection into the compression, and to saturate the working medium, after being compressed and before being liquefied, at the upper temperature level.
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