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Gas fueled space conditioning heat pump research in the United States.

Author(s) : MYERS G. H., FREEDMAN S. I., FRENCH C. E., VAULT R. C. de

Summary

Both gas-engine-driven mechanical vapour compression and gas fuel thermally activated sorption space conditioning heat pump technologies are under development in the United States. The residential 10.56 kilowatts gas-engine heat pump has successfully completed a 10 unit field test and is entering a 50 unit field demonstration phase supported by the manufacturers and the gas industry in the endeavor to commercialize this new HVAC technology. Several sorption technologies, including absorption, adsorption, and chemisorption of ammonia vapour are in various stages of development. Prototype ammonia-water absorption GAX systems have been built and tested in laboratory. Solid-vapour, ammonia-carbon, and ammonia-salt systems are in laboratory system development and bench scale component development stages respectively. All face economic trade-off issues regarding cost and performance.

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  • Original title: Gas fueled space conditioning heat pump research in the United States.
  • Record ID : 1993-3586
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Heat Pumps for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Progress: Proceedings of the 4th International Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference.
  • Publication date: 1993/04/26
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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