Title :
United States Department of Energy thermally activated heat pump program
Author :
Fiskum, Ronald J. ; Adcock, Patricia Welesko ; DeVault, Robert C.
Author_Institution :
USDOE, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is working with partners from the gas treating and cooling industry to improve energy efficiency using advanced absorption technologies to eliminate chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), to reduce global warming through more efficient combustion of natural gas, and to impact electric peak demand of air conditioning. To assist industry in developing these gas heating and cooling absorption technologies, the US DOE sponsors the Thermally Activated Heat Pump Program. It is divided into five key activities, addressing: residential gas absorption heat pumps; large commercial chillers; advanced absorption fluids; computer-aided design; and advanced “Hi-Cool” heat pumps
Keywords :
absorption; air conditioning; cooling; energy conservation; heat pumps; power consumption; refrigeration; research initiatives; CAD; Hi-Cool heat pumps; US Department of Energy; absorption fluids; absorption heat pumps; air conditioning; commercial chillers; electric peak demand; energy efficiency; research efforts; thermally activated heat pumps; Absorption; Combustion; Cooling; Energy efficiency; Gas industry; Global warming; Heat pumps; Natural gas; Natural gas industry; US Department of Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3547-3
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1996.553789
