Water Source Heat Pump Units Research Articles

Vibration Reduction of Water Source Heat Pump Units Based on Particle Damping Materials

Spring vibration isolators and rubber damping vibration isolators are often used in active isolation engineering of water source heat pump units. The method is inefficient in shock and low frequency vibration isolation. Because the stiffness of equipments reduces with the isolation system the vibration severity itself becomes too big for working safely. Particle damping materials can absorb vibration energy to reduce vibration. The paper testifies that successful application of particle damping materials in vibration reduction of water source heat pump units is a practical simple way with low cost.

The Design of a Novel Heat Exchanger without Water Treatment

The Low-Carbon economy enhances the use of renewable energy for indoor environmental control. River water could be a nice renewable energy as it can be used as a lowstand heat/cold source to control the indoor environment through Water Source Heat Pump (WSHP) units. However traditional WSHP units are not applicable because the high cost of water treatment to improve the present water property, and the advantages of the WSHP are badly restricted. To overcome the limits of the present WSHP units, we develop an integrated heat exchanger for which the river water or waste water can be effectively used as a cooling medium while heat exchange is keeping and the exchanger is being cleaning. The newly-developed heat exchanger can keep effective operation and well realize the energy saving.