Abstract
Ejector-based refrigeration systems can make direct use of many forms of thermal energy, such as solar thermal, waste heat, biogas, or natural gas. The present paper describes the estimation of the thermal coefficient of performance (COP) of a binary fluid ejector ground source heat pump (BFE GSHP) cooling system. A method for fluid selection was defined based on the favorable thermo-physical properties of the working fluids. A short list of fluid pairs were selected based on their favorable properties for the BFE GSHP cooling system. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) investigation was conducted for the selected fluid pairs and a suitable ejector geometry is proposed for the high compression ratios encountered in the GSHP applications. The mixing between primary and secondary fluids was investigated using physical analysis of the CFD results. The effect of the fluids’ thermo-physical properties on the system performance was also discussed.
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