A review of heat pump implementation specifics in residential sector energy efficiency

Abstract

Heat pump systems become very promising equipment saving energy and improving overall energy efficiency and environmental protection in the residential sector. This review paper provides an update on current specifics of heat pump implementation in Russian residential sector. The paper also reviews major technical and supporting measures promoting broad distribution of the heat pump technology. In a computational part of this paper, heat pump refrigerant evaporation temperature and its influence on fuel consumption were analyzed for a heat pump system arrangement option with parallel evaporators.