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Chemical heat pump using heat of reversible catalytic reactions
Author(s) -
Cacciola G.,
Anikeev V.,
Recupero V.,
Kirillov V.,
Parmon V.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440110408
Subject(s) - heat pump , coefficient of performance , hybrid heat , thermodynamics , heat pump and refrigeration cycle , gas compressor , air source heat pumps , chemical reaction , energy conservation , process engineering , chemistry , mechanics , materials science , nuclear engineering , heat exchanger , engineering , physics , organic chemistry , electrical engineering
One of the most important objects of research in the field of energy conservation is development of a high temperature heat pump for the industrial sector. In this framework this paper introduces a new concept of heat pump, which is a hybrid between a compressor and chemical heat pump, where instead of the latent heat of liquids, the proposed system uses the heat of gaseous catalytic reversible reactions (type A → B + C). This paper proposes a simple scheme with a mathematical model for the calculation of the parameters necessary to qualify the behaviour of the Heat Reaction Chemical Heat Pump (HRCHP). The Coefficient of Performance (COP) is calculated as a function of the temperature of the heat source, the temperature to which the pump upgrades the heat and the conversion of the chemical reaction. A more optimized scheme is prospected.