Title :
An investigation into the potential of the reversed Stirling cycle heat pump
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
The validation of a theoretical model of a Stirling cycle heat pump, which involved the construction of a practical prototype machine, is described. The model is used to investigate the potential COP and specific performance which could be achieved by a full-size machine, for use in industrial waste recovery. It is shown that by a suitable choice of design parameters a commercial-size machine, of perhaps 500 kW heat output, could achieve a COP of about 3.4, i.e. well above the economic break even figure of 3.0
Keywords :
heat engines; heat pumps; 500 kW; industrial waste recovery; reversed Stirling cycle heat pump; Chemical industry; Design optimization; Heat engines; Heat pumps; Heat recovery; Industrial waste; Refrigerants; Stirling engines; Temperature; Waste heat;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74810