Project Reports and Data

This graph shows some temperatures during a heating cycle with the Integrated Loop turned on. For this test, the Integrated Loop was connected to the desuperheater located in the HVAC. It is clear in the graph that the desuperheater inlet temperature is lower than the outlet which means that the Integrated Loop is actually taking heat from the refrigerant. The anticipated effect was to have the Integrated Loop give heat to the refrigerant, allowing the HVAC to heat the house more efficiently. Instead the loop was taking heat away thus making it less efficient than operating without the loop. The graph also shows the temperature difference across the HVAC. It drew in air at approximately 23 deg C and put it out at 35-38 deg C. This shows that the HVAC was still able to heat the house even though the Integrated Loop was stealing some of the heat. What this means is that the HVAC would have to run longer to achieve the same temperature level inside the house than it would if the Integrated Loop was not operating.


