Abstract: This paper focuses on the application of speed-regulated compressors (SRCs) to cover changeable heat loads with high efficiency in conventional air conditioning systems (ACS) as well as in the more advanced variable refrigerant flow (VRF)-type outdoor and indoor ACS. In reality, an SRC is an oversized compressor, although it can operate efficiently at part loads. The higher the level of regulated loads (LRL) of the SRC, the more the compressor is oversized. It is preferable to reduce the size of the SRC by covering the peak loads and recouping the excessive refrigeration energy reserved at decreased actual loads within the range of regulated loads. Therefore, the range of changeable loads is chosen as the object to be narrowed by using the reserved refrigeration capacity. Thus, the general fundamental approach of dividing the overall heat load range of the ACS into the ranges with changeable and unchangeable loads, as previously developed by the authors, is applied for the range of primary changeable loads. Due to this innovative step, the principle of two-stage outdoor air conditioning according to changeable and unchangeable loads, also proposed by the authors, has been extended over the range of primary changeable loads to reduce the level of refrigeration capacity regulation and SRC size. To realize this, part of the changeable load range is offset by the reserved refrigeration capacity, leading to a reduction in the changeable load range and the SRC size by approximately 20% for temperate climatic conditions.
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