PVT heat pump system capable of achieving day-night time-shared combined cooling, heating and power using solar radiation and sky cold radiation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11060742-B2
Application number	US-201716342441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Priority date	Aug 3, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

The present invention provides a photovoltic and thermal (PVT) heat pump system capable of achieving day-night time-shared combined cooling, heating and power using solar radiation and sky cold radiation. The system utilizes a photovoltaic power generation technology and a photovoltic and thermal (PVT heat pump technology simultaneously, both of which are relatively independent and promoted to each other in the function. The main energy sources of the system are solar radiation energy and sky long-wave cold radiation energy, and the energy is respectively transformed into electric energy, thermal energy and cold energy via a photovoltic and thermal (PVT) photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module at different times in different working modes. The system of the present invention integrates power generation. heating, refrigeration and many other functions; and the equipment has simple composition, high utilization rate and remarkable energy-saving effect, thereby improving the energy utilization rate to the maximum extent, and achieving a multi-purpose machine and day-night time-shared combined cooling, heat and power.

First claim

We claim:

1. A photovoltic and thermal (PVT) heat pump system capable of achieving day-night time-shared combined cooling, heating and power using solar radiation and sky cold radiation, utilizing a photovoltaic power generation technology and a PVT heat pump technology simultaneously, both of which are relatively independent and promoted to each other in the function, the main energy sources of the systems are solar radiation energy and sky long-wave cold radiation energy, and the energy transfer mode includes radiation and heat conduction, and the heat convection is supplemented, thereby achieving the output of electric energy, thermal energy and cold energy on the same system at different times in different working modes, and achieving a multi-purpose machine and day-night time-shared combined cooling heat and power, wherein
the PVT heat pump system comprises a PVT photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module, a compressor, a four-way reversing valve, a heat storage water tank, a dry filter, an electronic expansion valve, a one-way refrigerant valve group and a cooling terminal evaporator; with the control of the four-way reversing valve and refrigerant solenoid valves, the switching of a heating/refrigeration mode of the heat pump is achieved; and a power system comprises an inverter;
when working in a combined heating and power mode by day with strong solar radiation intensity, the refrigerant in the PVT heat pump system is connected to an inlet of an efficient heat exchanger as a condenser of the heat pump system in the heat storage water tank through the four-way reversing valve after be exhausted by the compressor, and an outlet of the efficient heat exchanger is successively connected to the dry filter and the electronic expansion valve after passing through the one-way refrigerant valve group and then, connected to an inlet of the PVT photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module as an evaporator of the PVT heat pump system; a liquid refrigerant is evaporated through heat absorption in the PVT photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module; the volume thereof is gradually increased; a refrigerant channel is also gradually shunted along a pipeline, and shunted into a multi-pipe system from a two-pipe system; the refrigerant flows out from the outlet and is connected to a steam absorption opening of the compressor through the four-way reversing valve, to form a closed heating cycle of the heat pump system; the inlet and the outlet of the efficient heat exchanger arranged in the heat storage water tank are respectively controlled by a third refrigerant solenoid valve and a fourth refrigerant solenoid valve; and the efficient heat exchanger arranged in the heat storage water tank directly heats the water in the heat storage water tank, and the water is taken as a heat source of heating or domestic hot water; and
when working in the refrigeration mode in summer and a night of a transition season having a cold demand and by day of cloudy and rainy weather, the refrigerant in an outlet of the cooling terminal evaporator enters into the compressor through the four-way reversing valve for steam exhaust, and then, is connected to the inlet of the PVT photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module as the condenser of the PVT heat pump system; gas refrigerant is condensed through heat release in the PVT photoelectric-evaporation/condensation module from gas to the liquid; the volume is gradually reduced; the refrigerant channel is also converged to the two-pipe system from the multi-pipe system; and finally, the refrigerant flows out from the outlet, is successively connected to the dry filter and the electronic expansion valve after passing through the one-way refrigerant valve group, and enters into an inlet of the cooling terminal evaporator; the outlet and the inlet of the cooling terminal evaporator are respectively controlled by a first refrigerant solenoid valve and a second refrigerant solenoid valve; and cold generated by the PVT heat pump system is transported to each cold area through each evaporator at the cooling terminal, or is transported to the cold areas having different cold demands in the different times through storage.

2. The PVT heat pump system capable of achieving day-night time-shared combined cooling, heating and power using solar radiation and sky cold radiation according to claim 1 , wherein the one-way refrigerant valve group is connected into a ring by four one-way valves, which is divided into two groups connected in opposite directions; and the dry filter and the electronic expansion valve are respectively connected between the two groups of one-way valves, to guarantee that the refrigerant always flows from the dry filter to the electronic expansion valve.

Assignees

• Univ Dalian Tech

Inventors

• Zhang Jili
• Liang Ruobing
• Zhou Chao
• Lu Shixiang
• Chen Jianquan

Classifications

• F24F5/0046 Primary

  using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground · CPC title

• F25B13/00 Primary

  Compression machines, plants or systems, with reversible cycle (defrosting cycles F25B47/02) · CPC title

• H02S40/44

  Means to utilise heat energy, e.g. hybrid systems producing warm water and electricity at the same time (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/67) · CPC title

• F24F2005/0067

  with photovoltaic panels · CPC title

• Y02E10/60

  Thermal-PV hybrids · CPC title