"Reverse"Cycles:heat pump Best possible performance for a heat pump cycle: ·Carnot Cycle！ Ymax TH TH-Tc What is the difference between a.)Refrigeration/Air Conditioning,and b.)Heat Pumping? WARM WARM house environment The objective of a refrigerator is to remove heat (QL)from the cold QH =desired output medium; Wet.=required input Wel.n=required input HP The objective of a heat pump is to OL=desired output QL supply heat (QH)to a warm COLD medium refrigerated COLD space environment (a)Refrigerator (b)Heat pump 上游充通大 May9,2019 16 SHANGHAI JLAO TONG UNIVERSITYMay 9, 2019 16 “Reverse” Cycles: heat pump Best possible performance for a heat pump cycle: • Carnot Cycle! What is the difference between a.) Refrigeration/Air Conditioning, and b.) Heat Pumping?  The objective of a refrigerator is to remove heat (QL) from the cold medium;  The objective of a heat pump is to supply heat (QH) to a warm medium