Applicability of global temperature change potential (GTP) metric to replace GWP in TEWI environmental analysis of heat pump systems
2015 (English)In: Refrigeration Science and Technology, International Institute of Refrigeration, 2015, p. 324-329Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Recent legislative measures promote use of environmentally friendly refrigerants to mitigate global warming. Different environmental metrics are used to facilitate decision-making process of selection of refrigerant with low environmental impact. Total equivalent warming impact (TEWI) methodology is able to reflect the effect of heat pump or refrigeration system to global warming by accounting for both direct and indirect emissions associated with the refrigeration system. This paper extends TEWI methodology by using Global Temperature change Potential (GTP) metric instead of Global Warming Potential (GWP) one, which conventionally used to put different emissions on single CO2 scale. The analysis is done for the simple vapour compression heat pump system, where a number of refrigerants are compared. The study concludes with the analysis of applicability of modified TEWI analysis for further refrigerating system environmental assessment studies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Institute of Refrigeration, 2015. p. 324-329
Keywords [en]
Atmospheric temperature, Decision making, Environmental impact assessments, Global warming, Heat pump systems, IIR filters, Pumps, Refrigerants, Refrigeration, Decision making process, Environmental analysis, Environmental assessment, Environmentally-friendly refrigerants, Global temperature change, Global warming potential, Refrigerating systems, Total equivalent warming impacts, Environmental impact
National Category
Energy Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-207213DOI: 10.18462/iir.icr.2015.0097Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85016719973ISBN: 9782362150128 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-207213DiVA, id: diva2:1117865
Conference
24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, ICR 2015, 16 August 2015 through 22 August 2015
Note
QC 20170629
2017-06-292017-06-292017-06-29Bibliographically approved