Advanced exergy analysis of a novel air source heat pump system coupled with the liquid receiver and gas-liquid separator

In previous studies, an air source heat pump system coupled with the liquid receiver and the gas-liquid separator was proposed, which improved the defrosting efficiency according to the improvement of the refrigerant mass flow during defrosting and shortened the defrosting time. In this paper, the exergy efficiencies and exergy loss (including endogenous and exogenous exergy loss) of the new system are studied. They are compared with the original air source heat pump system by constructing the advanced exergy study model of the system. Results show that the exergy efficiencies of the compressor, evaporator, and throttle valve of the new system are increased by 0.2%, 2.3%, and 5.9%, respectively. The endogenous exergy loss of the new system accounts for 65.16% of the total exergy loss of the system, and most of the exergy loss in the new system is caused by the components themselves.