Energies 2011, 4(3), 504-516; doi:10.3390/en4030504
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Building Space Heating with a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using Roof-Integrated Solar Collectors

Zhiyong Yang 1,* email, Yiping Wang 1 email and Li Zhu 2 email
1 School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China 2 School of Architecture, Tianjin University, 300072, Tianjin, China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 25 January 2011; in revised form: 2 March 2011 / Accepted: 7 March 2011 / Published: 14 March 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Solar Energy)
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Abstract: A solar assisted heat pump (SAHP) system was designed by using a roof-integrated solar collector as the evaporator, and then it was demonstrated to provide space heating for a villa in Tianjin, China. A building energy simulation tool was used to predict the space heating load and a three dimensional theoretical model was established to analyze the heat collection performance of the solar roof collector. A floor radiant heating unit was used to decrease the energy demand. The measurement results during the winter test period show that the system can provide a comfortable living space in winter, when the room temperature averaged 18.9 °C. The average COP of the heat pump system is 2.97 and with a maximum around 4.16.
Keywords: building integration; solar roof tiles; heat pump; building space heating; simulation

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Yang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, L. Building Space Heating with a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using Roof-Integrated Solar Collectors. Energies 2011, 4, 504-516.

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Yang Z, Wang Y, Zhu L. Building Space Heating with a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using Roof-Integrated Solar Collectors. Energies. 2011; 4(3):504-516.

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Yang, Zhiyong; Wang, Yiping; Zhu, Li. 2011. "Building Space Heating with a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Using Roof-Integrated Solar Collectors." Energies 4, no. 3: 504-516.

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