Analyses of advanced residential absorption heat pump cycles

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5746076

Phillips, B A

This report refers to work done on the Development and Proof Testing of Advanced Absorption Refrigeration Cycle Concepts. The overall purpose of this project is to develop a gas fired absorption heat pump for residential and small commercial applications that will produce a coefficient of performance of at least 1.6 Btu heating and .7 Btu of cooling per Btu of gas input. Being for residential operation, these goals refer to air-to-air heat pump operation at the rating conditions of 47/sup 0/F outdoor ambient in heating mode and 95/sup 0/F ambient in cooling mode. For year-round residential and small commercial use other requirements were added. One was that the heat pump itself be able to provide all the heating and cooling required by the building over the majority of temperatures experienced in the United States (from -10/sup 0/F to 110/sup 0/F) without resource to supplemental heat. It should also be potentially competitive with existing space conditioning products in cost, reliability, operating life, etc. The means of making major improvements in gas fired absorption systems include the following categories: higher efficieny cycles, better fluids, and higher flues efficiencies. The purpose was to evaluate high efficiency absorption cycles and to select the cycle and working fluid combination preferred for development of an advanced absorption test unit of residential size. The preferred cycle was to meet or exceed the minimum COP's and to be potentially capable of evolving into a reliable, marketable product.

• Research Organization: Phillips Engineering Co., St. Joseph, MI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5746076
• Report Number(s): CONF-841231-17; ON: DE85005244
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
AMMONIA
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
BUILDINGS
COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE
DATA
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HEAT PUMPS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LITHIUM BROMIDES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
NATURAL GAS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
WATER
WORKING FLUIDS