Calculation Problem
Calculation Problem
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Hello, I am having difficulty in calculating F and was wondering if anyone could help.
F is the heat flux in W/m2 between the Heat Pump-House system from the Atmosphere.
Now I have the Energy 'lost' from the house walls into the atmosphere. If we don't consider any other parameters, this energy would be the same exact amount of energy that I need to add into the House to maintain a constant temperature.
By looking at some of the Heat Pump specs and by knowing that the Coefficient of performance is 2.5 I should be able to calculate the energy heat has to transfer from the outside into the inside.
The difference between the heat flux lost from the House into the atmosphere and what the heat pump extract from the atmosphere would give me the NETT COOLING of the atmosphere due to the Heat Pump. Which is my F in W/m2.
Now I'm a bit confused on how I go and do that really... Im fine with the sentence before the bold text but then I just get lost...
Thanks
John
F is the heat flux in W/m2 between the Heat Pump-House system from the Atmosphere.
Now I have the Energy 'lost' from the house walls into the atmosphere. If we don't consider any other parameters, this energy would be the same exact amount of energy that I need to add into the House to maintain a constant temperature.
By looking at some of the Heat Pump specs and by knowing that the Coefficient of performance is 2.5 I should be able to calculate the energy heat has to transfer from the outside into the inside.
The difference between the heat flux lost from the House into the atmosphere and what the heat pump extract from the atmosphere would give me the NETT COOLING of the atmosphere due to the Heat Pump. Which is my F in W/m2.
Now I'm a bit confused on how I go and do that really... Im fine with the sentence before the bold text but then I just get lost...
Thanks
John





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Moreover, you describe a condition where the atmosphere is colder than the house, so there is no heat from the atmosphere to pump into the house.
Your definition of COP is incorrect and is why you're not getting plausible answers. The COP is the ratio of heating or cooling to plug power, not atmosphere.
Seems like you need to get an HVAC professional to do whatever it is that you are trying to do. I don't know what you are trying to do.
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RE: Calculation Problem
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Break down the sources of heat that you add to the house:
1. Heat extracted from the atmosphere by the outdoor coil and transferred to the refrigerant.
2. Heat transferred to the refrigerant due to the compressor's work and friction.
3. Heat rejected by the condenser into the house.
Since the compressor adds heat, you actually will extract less heat from the atmosphere than you will reject into the house. The house gets atmospheric heat plus compressor heat.
So how much heat does the compressor add? Look at the definition of COP. It's Btuh transfered to the conditioned space per Btuh input power in terms of electricity.
Assuming (wrongly but good enough for this discussion) that all compressor heat goes into the refrigerant, a COP of 2.5 means that for every 2.5 Btuh the house needs, 1.0 will come from the compressor and 1.5 will come from the atmosphere.
So if my house needs 10,000 Btuh to maintain constant temperature, it must be losing all of that heat through its envelope and by convection and radiation.
To replace the 10,000 Btuh with a heat pump running at 2.5 COP, I would need 10,000 / 2.5 or 4000 Btuh of electrical power input (at 3.1 Btuh per Watt, that's about 1.3 kW). Thus, my heat pump grabs about 6000 Btuh from the outdoor air, and another 4000 Btuh from the machine, and puts them both in my house.
Ignored by me in the interest of clarity: indoor fan, outdoor fan.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Calculation Problem
In a cycle
Qr-Qin=W
Qr=heat removed from refrigerant and added to room
Qin= heat absorbed by refrigerant removed from atmosphere
W= work done on refrigerant
Qr/W= COP
So it is correct to say that the atmosphere is being "cooled"
albeit infinitesimally.
Qr is heating of the room
RE: Calculation Problem
Now the problem that I have is that I have that I have two different units: one is power and the other is energy. BTW I KEEP EVERYTHING IN SI UNITS TO KEEP THE MATHS SIMPLE BUT WE CAN USE USCS or the OLD GOOD IMPERIAL SYSTEM)
So I know the Heat dissipation of the wall in W/m2 which let's say it's 2W/m2 (figurative)
So if the house has 4 identical walls and it's a perfect cube and it's only dissipating energy from 5 of its sides uniformly (we wont count its base - earth) and the wall was 10x10m then we would have 10*10*5*2=200W
than this is the amount of energy the house is dissipating right?
then I have the Heat pump systm which is expressed in KW/h and it has to compensate for that energy lost to mantain equilibrioum...
how do I go about and do that transformation now?
Thanks.
John
RE: Calculation Problem
First, both Btu/h and Watts are power or rate of energy flow per unit of time. Btu and Wh are energy.
Convert btu/h to watts thus: 1 watt = 3.413 Btu/h
Convert Btu to wh thus: 1 wh = 3.413 Btu
COP is unitless. If COP is 2.5, then it equals 2.5 Btu/h out : 1.0 Btu/h in or 2.5W out : 1.0W in.
In your 200W case, you get 120W from the atmosphere and 80W from the electric wires powering the compressor.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Calculation Problem
In my case I have 2000W which is just Watt it's not watt per second therefore I how can I divide that for the COP even if it's unitless. if I want to turn my 2000watts into power than I would have to do 2000* amount of seconds. So if i do it with 1 second I would have 2000W*1s = 2000Joules which is the amount of power required to keep my cubic house balanced.
now as you can see that is also nonsense at it does not take into consideration the temperature difference between the inside and outside.
Now any ideas how I do that?
Oh I need to set the conditions so let's say outside air temp 270K and inside 300K
Thanks
John
RE: Calculation Problem
"now as you can see that is also nonsense at it does not take into consideration the temperature difference between the inside and outside."
No, it's not nonsense. Again, you are confused. COP is defined for a very specific temperature condition, such as 0ºC and 35ºC. You would need to scale the power according to your actual temperature condition.
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RE: Calculation Problem
I don't recall anyone mentioning "watt per second" in this thread... COP is watts out / watts in. That shouldn't be a problem.
IRstuff, you might want to check your math on that COP thing, I think you got it upside-down. If it's 2.5, you get 5.0 kW of cooling for 2.0 kW input electric energy. For a heat pump, just change "cooling" to "heating."
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RE: Calculation Problem
Tell me what it is about the attached picture that you don't understand?
The heat pump performance vs temperature lift stuff is on the second page.
Best to you,
Goober Dave
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RE: Calculation Problem
http://www.heatpumpcentre.org/en/aboutheatpumps/he...
There are more details there too.
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Goober Dave
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RE: Calculation Problem
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Turn the fridge around in winter, and leave the door open to the outside. In cold weather, you don't need any power. In slightly warmer weather, you cool the food and heat the kitchen. 8<)
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