An experimental study of the effect of water bodies temperature on water heat pump performance

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of water temperature change in the reservoir on water heat pump performance. An experimental analyse is done on the heat pump station which depends on water as a heat source. The experimental results confirm that the ice formation has a negative effect on the heat exchange efficiency, and the increase in water source temperature slow down the ice formation rate which causes an appositive effect on the system performance.