DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF

WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM FROM AIR CONDITIONER

ABSTRACT

Heat is the energy, so energy saving is one of the key matters for the protection of global
environment. Heat also radiated from the air conditioner. This waste heat from air conditioner
will affect the environmental because as heat in the environment will increases it will cause
global warming. So it is necessary that a significant effort should be made for conserving
energy through waste heat recovery too. So An attempt has been made to utilize waste heat
from condenser of air conditioning system. This heat can be used for several of domestic and
industrial purposes. In minimum constructional, maintenance and running cost, this system is
very useful for domestic purpose. It is valuable alternative approach to increase overall
efficiency and reuse the waste heat. The study has shown that such a system is technically
feasible and economical. This modification made the air conditioner to be work as both air
cooling and water heater. Considerable amount of hot water at a significant temperature can
be collected from the waste heat recovery system. This system rejected less heat to the
environment so it is safer in environmental aspects also.

Objectives
Energy saving is one of the key issues, not only from the view point of fuel consumption but
also for the protection of global environment. So, it is imperative that a significant and
concrete effort should be made for conserving energy through waste heat recovery too. 

The main objective of this project is to develop and analyse the feasibility of retrofitting the
waste heat recovery system for hot water generation. To recover the heat rejected by a 1.5 TR
air-conditioning system for water heating. To analysis COP of the system with external
modification of conservative heat.