Member Country Report -China
Yang Lingyan & Xu Wei, China Academy of Building Research

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Overview• Land Area: about 9.6 million k㎡• Sea Area: about4.73 million k㎡• Population: 1.4 billion
urban 0.92billion(65.2%),rural 0.49billion(34.8% )• Households：0.49 billion
1-17%,2-24%,3-21%,4-19%,5-10%,≥6-10%• Population density(p/k㎡)
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Source：China National Bureau of Statistics

Overview

17.50%

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Hydro,Nuclear&WindNatural Gas
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Percentage of energy consumption types
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Hydro Power
Gas
Nuclear Power
Solar Power

CoalBiomass
Wind Powerothers

Energy consumption curve of China
Percentage of power source

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Source：China National Bureau of Statistics

Source：China Electricity Council

Overview
Policy support

Demand for energy transformation

The Chinese government has issued a series of policies
With the urgency of energy structure transformation

to encourage the development of new energy andand climate change, heat pump technology, as anenergy-saving environmental protection industries inefficient and environmentally friendly heating method,

recent years, providing strong support for thehas received widespread attention

promotion and application of heat pump technology

Market potential
As one of the world's largest energy consumers, China
has great potential for the development of the heatpump market. Promoting heat pump technology is ofgreat significance for reducing energy consumption andenvironmental pollution.

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National Level Policies
National Energy Efficiency Targets
Energy conservation law，Renewable energy——Promote the development andutilization of renewable energy, increase energy supply and improve energy structure.

Climate and Energy Strategy
Air pollution prevention action plan——Government provides subsidies and otherfinancial support to allocate the option of heat pumps，88 cities，more than 100 billion.

Carbon Reduction
Carbon peak action plan before 2030——Promote clean and low-carbon heatingsuch as heat pump.

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Regional Level Policies
Regional energy plans
Heat pumps are often included in regional energy plans as a strategy toreduce fossil fuel consumption and green house gas emissions

Funding programs
Regional governments may provide funding programs to support

the installation of heat pumps in homes and businesses

Collaboration and partnerships
Regional governments collaborate with manufacturers, utilities,

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and other stakeholders to promote the use of heat pumps

Local Level Policies
Beijing
Give financial subsidies to ground source heat pumps and thermal storage systems

The proportion of renewable energy capacity in the new heat source is not less than 60%.

Shanghai
Prohibit the use of fossil energy heating systems in low-energy buildings
Encourage the application of renewable energy and heat pump technology

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Codes and Standards
 The capacity of A/W for household unit is lower than 35kW, for industrial & unit islarger than 35kW.

 35℃ -floor radiant system
 41℃ -fan coil
 55℃-radiator

GB/T 25127.1/2-2020

A/AA/W In severe cold and cold area, the COP at the local design temperature should not be lower
than the values.

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GB 37480-2019 GB 55015-2021

Codes and Standards
 Annual Coefficient Of Performance is used to indicate the comprehensive performance ofwater-source heat pump units. ACOP=0.56EER+0.44COP

W/A

GB/T 19409-2013 GB30721-2014

W/W

 Energy Efficiency Rating Table for Ground Source Heat Pump System

GB/T 50801-2013

性能1级

2级

3级

供热性能系数

3.5≤𝐶𝑂𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑠

3.0≤𝐶𝑂𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑠＜3.52.6≤𝐶𝑂𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑠＜3.0

供冷能效比

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3.9≤𝐸𝐸𝑅
3.4≤𝐸𝐸𝑅 ＜3.9
3.0≤𝐸𝐸𝑅 ＜3.4𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑠𝑦𝑠

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100 million RMB

100 million RMB

Sales of ASHP

100 million RMB

100 million RMB

Sales of heat pump

Export sales of ASHP
Source：Yearbook of Heat Pump Heating Industry Development in China(2022)

Domestic sales of ASHP
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100 million RMBApplication division of different air source heat pumps

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10000 ufnits

Application markets of air source heat pump

Source：Yearbook of Heat Pump Heating Industry Development in China(2022)

100 million RMBApplication area(X104 ㎡)

Application of GSHP

Affected by high investment, the numberof projects has decreased, and theapplication in residential buildings hasdeclined.

Sales of GSHP units

Guided by the goal of carbon
neutrality, the application of largescale projects is a good choice forareas with both winter heating andsummer cooling.

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Source：Yearbook of Heat Pump Heating Industry Development in China(2022)

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Research & Application

Air source heat pump
 Low GWP refrigerant Low temperature performance improvement
 Improvement of low-temperature heatingstability

High temperature
heat pump Increase the heating temperatureof the heat pump unit Improve the heating capacity of
the heat pump unit
 Heat pump steam supply

High efficiency heatpump system Developing a new medium-deep
geothermal heat pump system Multi-energy hybrid heat pumphigh-efficiency system

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Low temperature ASHP

CO2 as refrigerant, themaximum water temperatureof the unit can reach 90℃
Variable-frequency unit canoperate at -40℃, and theheating capacity does notattenuate within the rangeof -12 to -20℃
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Cloud computing service

 Identify the characteristics of building load and energy
consumption habits, consider the stabilizing effect of building

thermal inertia on room temperature fluctuations, and actively
Management system

Mobile Appcontrol heat pump heating from the perspective of supply and4G/5G

demand matching Optimal parameters (frequency, valve position, temperature

control range) under target load
 Optimizing the regulation of multiple units can improve theCloud service module

heat supply regulation, enhance system efficiency, and reduceenergy consumption

ASHP

…
…

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High temperature heat pump
Condensation temperature 120℃+
Temperature increase of 65℃+
120℃+Industrial high-capacity hightemperature centrifugal heat pump

Refrigerant R1233zde GWP<1
COP：4.36/6.14
Capacity：9MW

80℃ high-capacity centrifugal heatpump

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Heating cost/10000 yuan

HTHP in a steelworks

396

 The Lingshan project of Ansteel adopts a 9MW heat

145.7

pump to replace coal-fired boilers to meet the heatingneeds of 180,000 square meters of residents.

Coalboiler
燃煤锅炉 The COP of HTHP reaches 6.67.

HTHP
离心式热泵

 The heat pump system saves RMB 2.5 million yuan peryear compared to municipal heating, reducing carbon

emissions by 9450 t/a
 The use of high-temperature heat pumps to recover 30-40°C wastewater during steelmaking has significant
energy-saving and environmental benefits

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Heat pump steam supply

Air source heat pump boiler

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We have designed 5000kg/h steam compressor.

High efficiency heat pump system

Casing pipe
U type pipe
Different forms of medium-deep heat exchangers

Casing pipe-Low construction costs than U type, low cycle resistanceU type pipe-High heat transfer efficiency, allowing for more heat
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Medium-deep geothermal HP

The medium-deep geothermal heat pump has high heat transfer efficiency and large heat supply

energy density. It is one of the alternative ways to traditional heat supply in severe cold and coldregions. The demonstration project in Qingdao city can reach 6.2, and the system energy efficiency
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High efficiency heat pump system Heat pump + solar energy +electric boiler + water heat storage

 Heating/cooling Optimal investment, cost-effective,

tailored to local conditions

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Summary(1) The application of heat pump technology represents the future direction ofadvanced heating development, is the only way for the re-electrification ofbuilding heating and cooling, is an important means for building a new energy
system, and is also a key path for building a zero-carbon transformation.
(2) China's carbon neutrality goal has promoted the iteration and advancement ofheat pump technology, and the heat pump industry will develop rapidly under theglobal energy structure and China's energy policy.
(3) Technologies such as hybrid heat pumps and new heat pump systems areimportant trends in the future development of heat pumps, and the growth of
China's heat pump market will accelerate.

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Thanks for your attention
Yang Lingyan & Xu Wei, China Academy of Building Research
The HPT TCP is part of a network of autonomous collaborative partnerships focused on a wide range of energy technologies known as Technology Collaboration
Programmes or TCPs. The TCPs are organised under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA), but the TCPs are functionally and legally autonomous.
Views, findings and publications of the HPT TCP do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the IEA Secretariat or its individual member countries.

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