SUBWAY HYBRID-ENERGY MULTIFUNCTIONAL-END-INTEGRATED HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD

Abstract

A subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system includes energy and user ends and hot water tank. A first energy end includes a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger and a subway capillary heat pump unit. A second energy end includes a solar panel. A third energy end includes an air-cooled heat pump unit. The user end includes air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. The first, second and third energy ends connect to the hot water tank. A water outlet is connected to the air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. Water outlets of the air conditioner, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends are respectively connected to the first, second and third energy end through a return pipe.

Claims

1. A subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system adopting a capillary-tube heat exchanger, the system comprising: an energy end, a user end, and a hot water storage tank, wherein a first energy end comprises a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger laid in surrounding rocks of a tunnel and a subway capillary-tube heat pump unit, a second energy end comprises a solar panel, a third energy end comprises an air-cooled heat pump unit, the user end comprises an air conditioner end, a hot water supply end, an underfloor heating end, and a radiator heating end, the first energy end, the second energy end, and the third energy end are connected to a water inlet of the hot water storage tank, a water outlet of the hot water storage tank is connected to the air conditioner end, the hot water supply end, the underfloor heating end, and the radiator heating end, water outlets of the air conditioner end, the underfloor heating end, and the radiator heating end are connected to the hot water storage tank through a first return pipe, the water outlet of the air conditioner end is connected to the third energy end through a second return pipe, and the third energy end is connected to the air conditioner end through a cooling pipe.

2. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein the first energy end further comprises a first circulating water pump, a second circulating water pump, a first valve, and a second valve, an outlet of the capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger is connected to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit through the first circulating water pump and the first valve, and the hot water storage tank is connected to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit through the second circulating water pump and the second valve.

3. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein the second energy end further comprises a third circulating water pump, a third valve, and a fourth valve, and the solar panel is connected to the hot water storage tank through the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump.

4. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein the third energy end further comprises a fourth circulating water pump, a fifth circulating water pump, a fifth valve, a sixth valve, a seventh valve, an eighth valve, a ninth valve, and a tenth valve, the air-cooled heat pump unit is connected to the hot water storage tank through the fifth valve, the sixth valve, and the fourth circulating water pump, and to the air conditioner end through the seventh valve, the eighth valve, the ninth valve, and the fifth circulating water pump, and the air conditioner end is connected to the hot water storage tank through the tenth valve.

5. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein the hot water storage tank is connected to the air conditioner end through a sixth circulating water pump and an eleventh valve, to the hot water supply end through a seventh circulating water pump and a twelfth valve, to the underfloor heating end through an eighth circulating water pump and a thirteenth valve, and to the radiator heating end through a ninth circulating water pump and a fourteenth valve.

6. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein make-up water is connected to the first energy end, the second energy end, and the third energy end through a tenth circulating water pump and a fifteenth valve.

7. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, further comprising a control system comprising a temperature monitor, a water level monitor, a valve controller, a unit controller, a water pump controller, and a central processing device, wherein the temperature monitor is provided at an outlet of the solar panel and the outlet of the hot water storage tank, the water level monitor is provided in the hot water storage tank, the valve controller is provided at a first valve to a sixteenth valve, the unit controller is provided at the air-cooled heat pump unit, the water pump controller is provided at a first circulating water pump to an eleventh circulating water pump, and the temperature monitor, the water level monitor, the valve controller, the unit controller, and the water pump controller are connected to the central processing device.

8. The subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, wherein capillary tubes of the capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger are spaced from each other by a distance of 10 mm, the capillary tubes are laid between a first lining and a second lining of the surrounding rocks of the subway tunnel, a waterproof board is laid between the capillary tubes and the second lining, and each of the capillary tubes has a flow rate of 0.05-0.2 m/s.

9. A method for supplying energy from the subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 1, the method comprising the steps of: turning on the first valve to allow the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit to absorb waste heat from a subway tunnel to heat hot water to generate hot water, turning on the second valve to allow the hot water to enter the hot water storage tank, and turning on the twelfth valve and the seventh circulating water pump; in summer, controlling, by the central processing device, corresponding controllers to turn on the seventh valve, the eighth valve, the ninth valve, and the fifth circulating water pump to allow the air-cooled heat pump unit to supply cold energy to the air conditioner end; controlling, by the central processing device, corresponding controllers to turn on the third circulating water pump, the third valve, and the fourth valve to allow circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the solar panel and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit to absorb solar energy and the subway waste heat, when a water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is greater than or equal to 60° C.; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn off the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit to be heated by the subway waste heat to supply hot water to the hot water supply end, if the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is less than 60° C.; in winter, turning on the thirteenth valve, the fourteenth valve, the eighth circulating water pump, and the ninth circulating water pump, and controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn off the seventh valve, the eighth valve, the ninth valve, and the fifth circulating water pump; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn on the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the solar panel and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit to absorb the solar energy and the subway waste heat, when a water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is less than 60° C. and if the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is greater than or equal to 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet; controlling, by the central processing device, corresponding controllers to turn on the fifth valve, the sixth valve, and the fourth circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the air-cooled heat pump unit, the solar panel, and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit such that the three energy ends jointly supply heat to the air conditioner end, the hot water supply end, the underfloor heating end, and the radiator heating end, if at this point the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is still less than 60° C.; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn on the fifth valve, the sixth valve, and the fourth circulating water pump and turn off the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump to allow the circulating water to flow back to the air-cooled heat pump unit and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit such that the first energy end and the third energy end supply heat to the multifunctional end, if the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is less than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet; in a transition season, controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn off the seventh valve, the eighth valve, the ninth valve, the thirteenth valve, the fourteenth valve, the fifth circulating water pump, the eighth circulating water pump, and the ninth circulating water pump; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn off the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump, if the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is less than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet, and controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn on the fifth valve, the sixth valve, and the fourth circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the air-cooled heat pump unit and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit such that the first energy end and the third energy end supply heat, if at this point the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is less than 60° C.; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn off the fifth valve, the sixth valve, and the fourth circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit such that the first energy end supplies heat, if at this point the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is greater than 60° C.; controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn on the third valve, the fourth valve, and the third circulating water pump to allow the circulating water in the hot water storage tank to flow back to the solar panel and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit such that the first energy end and the second energy end supply heat, if the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel is greater than or equal to 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor of the solar panel; and controlling, by the central processing device, the corresponding controllers to turn on the tenth circulating water pump and the fifteenth valve, if the water level of the hot water storage tank is less than a set value.

10. The method for supplying energy from the subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to claim 9, wherein if the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is greater than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet, the central processing device controls corresponding controllers to turn on the eleventh circulating water pump and the sixteenth valve; and if the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank is equal to 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet, the central processing device controls the corresponding controllers to turn off the eleventh circulating water pump and the sixteenth valve.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] The accompanying drawings of the specification forming a part of the present invention are used to provide further understanding of the present invention, and the exemplary embodiments of the present invention and descriptions thereof are used to explain the present invention but do not constitute an improper limitation on the present invention.

[0031] FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to the present invention.

[0032] FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an operating condition in summer according to the present invention.

[0033] FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operating condition in winter according to the present invention.

[0034] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operating condition in a transition season according to the present invention.

[0035] FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a make-up water pump according to the present invention.

[0036] FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system according to the present invention.

[0037] 1. Capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger, 2. Subway capillary-tube heat pump unit, 3. Solar panel, 4. Air-cooled heat pump unit, 5. Hot water storage tank, 6. Air conditioner end, 7. Hot water supply end, 8. Underfloor heating end, 9. Radiator heating end, 10. First circulating water pump, 11. Second circulating water pump, 12. Third circulating water pump, 13. Fourth circulating water pump, 14. Fifth circulating water pump, 15. Sixth circulating water pump, 16. Seventh circulating water pump, 17. Eighth circulating water pump, 18. Ninth circulating water pump, 19. Tenth circulating water pump, 20. Eleventh circulating water pump, 21. First valve, 22. Second valve, 23. Third valve, 24. Fourth valve, 25. Fifth valve, 26. Sixth valve, 27. Seventh valve, 28. Eighth valve, 29. Ninth valve, 30. Tenth valve, 31. Eleventh valve, 32. Twelfth valve, 33. Thirteenth valve, 34. Fourteenth valve, 35. Fifteenth valve, 36. Sixteenth valve.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] It should be pointed out that the following detailed descriptions are all illustrative and are intended to provide further descriptions of the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as those usually understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs.

[0039] It should be noted that the terms used herein are merely for describing specific implementations, and are not intended to limit exemplary implementations according to this application. As used herein, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In addition, it should be further understood that, terms “comprise” and/or “include” used in this specification indicate that there are features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof.

[0040] The present invention is further described below with reference to the embodiments.

Embodiment 1

[0041] As shown in FIG. 1, a subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system adopting a capillary-tube heat exchanger includes: an energy end, a user end, and a hot water storage tank 5. A first energy end includes a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger 1 laid in the surrounding rocks of a tunnel and a subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2, a second energy end includes a solar panel 3, and a third energy end includes an air-cooled heat pump unit 4. The user end includes an air conditioner end 6, a hot water supply end 7, an underfloor heating end 8, and a radiator heating end 9. The first energy end, the second energy end, and the third energy end are connected to a water inlet of the hot water storage tank 5, and a water outlet of the hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the air conditioner end 6, the hot water supply end 7, the underfloor heating end 8, and the radiator heating end 9. Water outlets of the air conditioner end 6, the underfloor heating end 8, and the radiator heating end 9 are connected to the hot water storage tank 5 through a first return pipe, and the air conditioner end 6 is connected to the third energy end through a second return pipe.

[0042] Further, the first energy end further includes a first circulating water pump 10, a second circulating water pump 11, a first valve 21, and a second valve 22. An outlet of the capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger 1 is connected to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 through the first circulating water pump 10 and the first valve 21, and the hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 through the second circulating water pump 11 and the second valve 22.

[0043] Further, the second energy end further includes a third circulating water pump 12, a third valve 23, and a fourth valve 24. The solar panel 3 is connected to the hot water storage tank 5 through the third valve 23, the fourth valve 24, and the third circulating water pump 12.

[0044] Further, the third energy end further includes a fourth circulating water pump 13, a fifth circulating water pump 14, a fifth valve 25, a sixth valve 26, a seventh valve 27, an eighth valve 28, a ninth valve 29, and a tenth valve 30. The air-cooled heat pump unit is connected to the hot water storage tank 5 through the fourth circulating water pump 13, the fifth valve 25, and the sixth valve 26. The air-cooled heat pump unit 4 is connected to the air conditioner end 6 through the seventh valve 27, the eighth valve 28, the ninth valve 29, and the fifth circulating water pump 14. The air conditioner end 6 is connected to the hot water storage tank 5 through the tenth valve 30.

[0045] Further, the hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the air conditioner end 6 through a sixth circulating water pump 15 and an eleventh valve 31. The hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the hot water supply end 7 through a seventh circulating water pump 16 and a twelfth valve 32. The hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the underfloor heating end 8 through an eighth circulating water pump 17 and a thirteenth valve 33, and the hot water storage tank 5 is connected to the radiator heating end 9 through a ninth circulating water pump 18 and a fourteenth valve 34.

[0046] Further, make-up water is connected to the first energy end, the second energy end, and the third energy end through a tenth circulating water pump 19 and a fifteenth valve 35, respectively.

[0047] Further, the subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system further includes a control system. The control system includes a temperature monitor, a water level monitor, a valve controller, a unit controller, a water pump controller, and a central processing device, where the temperature monitor is provided at an outlet of the solar panel and the outlet of the hot water storage tank, the water level monitor is provided in the hot water storage tank, the valve controller is provided at a first valve to a sixteenth valve, the unit controller is provided at the air-cooled heat pump unit, the water pump controller is provided at a first water pump to an eleventh water pump, and the temperature monitor, the water level monitor, the valve controller, the unit controller, and the water pump controller are connected to the central processing device.

[0048] Further, capillary tubes of the capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger are spaced from each other by a distance of 10 mm, the capillary tubes are laid between a first lining and a second lining of the surrounding rocks of the subway tunnel, and a waterproof board is laid between the capillary tubes and the second lining. Each of the capillary tubes has a flow rate of 0.05-0.2 m/s. The capillary tube has a size of 4.3×0.85 mm. The tube is a ppr tube or a pe-rt tube, and a flowing state in the capillary tube is a laminar flow.

Embodiment 2

[0049] A method for supplying energy from the subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system of Embodiment 1 is provided.

[0050] As shown in FIG. 2, an operating condition in summer is turning on a first valve 21, a second valve 22, a seventh valve 27, an eighth valve 28, a ninth valve 29, and a twelfth valve 32. A subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 absorbs heat from surrounding rocks and soil and air heat in a subway station through a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger 1. The subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 prepares hot water while cooling a tunnel, and delivers the hot water to a hot water storage tank 5 through a pipeline. A solar panel 3 heats the hot water by means of obtained solar radiation energy. An air conditioner end 6 in the subway station needs to provide cold energy in summer. An air-cooled heat pump unit 4 supplies cold energy to the air conditioner end 6 in the subway station through a seventh valve 27, an eighth valve 28, a ninth valve 29, and a fifth circulating water pump 14. If a water temperature at the outlet is less than 60° C. as monitored by a temperature monitor at an outlet of the solar panel 3, temperature information is transmitted to a central processing device. The central processing device controls corresponding controllers to turn off a third circulating water pump 12, a third valve 23, and the fourth valve 24, and the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 supplies hot water to the hot water storage tank 5 alone. If the water temperature at the outlet of the solar panel 3 is greater than or equal to 60° C. as monitored, the central processing device controls corresponding controllers to turn on the third circulating water pump 12, the third valve 23, and the fourth valve 24, to allow the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 and the solar panel 3 to jointly supply hot water to the hot water storage tank 5.

[0051] As shown in FIG. 3, an operating condition in winter is: turning on a first valve 21, a second valve 22, a tenth valve 30, an eleventh valve 31, a twelfth valve 32, a thirteenth valve 33, and a fourteenth valve 34. In this case, all of the air conditioner end 6, a hot water supply user end 7, an underfloor heating user end 8, and a radiator heating user end 9 require hot water, imposing a great demand for heat. The subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 keeps operating to not only cool the tunnel but also provide heat for end users. If the heat supply is insufficient, that is, if a water temperature at the outlet is less than 60° C. as monitored by a temperature monitor at an outlet of the hot water storage tank 5, the solar panel 3 or the air-cooled heat pump unit 4 needs to be turned on. If the water temperature at the outlet is greater than or equal to 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet of the solar panel 3, the central processing device controls corresponding controllers to turn on the third valve 23, the fourth valve 24, and the third circulating water pump 12. If at this point the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank 5 is still less than 60° C., the air-cooled heat pump unit 4 is also turned on. Specifically, the air-cooled heat pump unit is turned on by opening a fifth valve 25, a sixth valve 26, and a fourth circulating water pump 13. If the water temperature at the outlet is less than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet of the solar panel 3, the air-cooled heat pump unit 4 is turned on.

[0052] As shown in FIG. 4, an operating condition in a transition season is turning on a first valve 21, a second valve 22, and a twelfth valve 32. During the transition season, only the hot water supply user end 7 has a demand for heat. Therefore, the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 is turned on to not only cool the subway but also supply heat to the hot water supply end 7. In addition, if the water temperature at the outlet is less than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor of the solar panel 3, it is determined, according to whether the water temperature monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet of the hot water storage tank 5 is less than 60° C., whether to turn on the air-cooled heat pump unit 4. If the water temperature is less than 60° C., the air-cooled heat pump unit 4 is turned on. If the water temperature is greater than or equal to 60° C., only the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit 2 needs to supply water to meet the heat demand of the hot water supply end 7. If the water temperature at the outlet is greater than or equal to 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor of the solar panel 3, the solar panel 3 is turned on.

[0053] If the water temperature at the outlet is greater than 60° C. as monitored by the temperature monitor at the outlet of the hot water storage tank 5, the central processing device controls corresponding controllers to turn on an eleventh circulating water pump 20 and a sixteenth valve 36, and adjusts a tap water inflow at an end b according to different outlet water temperatures, to maintain a temperature of water entering the end user equipment at 60° C. If the water temperature at the outlet of the hot water storage tank 5 is equal to 60° C., the eleventh circulating water pump 20 and the sixteenth valve 36 are turned off.

[0054] The water level monitor transmits water level information of the hot water storage tank 5 to the central processing device. If a water level is less than a set value, a tenth circulating water pump 19 and a fifteenth valve 35 are turned on to replenish the system with water.

[0055] FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a make-up water pump of a subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system according to the present invention. The make-up water pump is the tenth circulating water pump 19. When the water level of the hot water storage tank is less than the set value, the central processing device controls the tenth circulating water pump 19 to be turned on to replenish the hot water storage tank with water. If the water level of the hot water storage tank is not less than the set value, the tenth circulating water pump 19 is turned off.

[0056] As shown in FIG. 6, the central processing device respectively controls valve controllers of the first valve to the sixteenth valve, unit controllers of the subway capillary-tube heat pump unit and the air-cooled heat pump unit, and pump controllers of the first circulating water pump to the eleventh circulating water pump according to information obtained by the temperature monitor and the water level monitor.

[0057] The above descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.