Metal hydride solar heat pump and power system (HYCSOS)

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6533812

Gorman, R.; Moritz, P. S.

The design, performance, and cost of a solar-powered metal hydride heat pump and power system for use on a residence are presented. This system was first conceived of and its feasibility demonstrated by Dieter Gruen, et al, at Argonne National Laboratory. The system design, which is limited by heat transfer, was optimized via an iterative computer program. The design process starts with optimizing the thermal transport properties of the hydride-bed-heat exchanger, then traces temperatures and pressures through the operating cycles. The coefficient of performance (COP) of the overall system is then determined from the thermal losses due to cycling the hydride beds and due to the auxiliary power consumed by freon pumps and air-moving fans. The system, using high temperature solar collector input at 210/sup 0/F to 280/sup 0/F, provides heating with a COP of approximately 1.6 and cooling with a COP of approximately 0.6, and electrical power during spring and fall, all for a cost comparable to a solar absorption cooler.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Solar Energy
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6533812
• Report Number(s): CONF-781133-5
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIAA conference on solar energy, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 27 Nov 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
HEAT PUMPS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR HEAT ENGINES
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
ALLOYS
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
COST
FREONS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN
METALS
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
POWER GENERATION
PUMPS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
BUILDINGS
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINES
FLUIDS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HEAT ENGINES
HEATING SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
REFRIGERANTS
STORAGE
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