Solar Assisted Heat Pump Program Overview and Summary of Work at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Technical Report · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5428221· OSTI ID:5428221

Andrews, J. W.

Four generic paths for avoiding the high utility power demand for solar-assisted heat pump systems when the sun is not shining and storage is depleted are described. These include the bimodal solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) system, direct-expansion solar collector/heat pump systems, volume-dominated ground-coupled systems, and area-dominated ground coupled systems. Work at BNL on heat pump development, ground coupling, and low-cost collectors for use with these systems is reviewed. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016; AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5428221
• Report Number(s): BNL-27662
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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