| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Characteristics of conventional heating technologies ; 1.1 Problems of existing heating technologies -- 1.2 Efficient fuel-based heating technologies -- 1.3 Vapor-compression heating technologies -- 1.4 Summary -- 2. Fundamentals of absorption heating technologies ; 2.1 Basic principles of efficient heating technologies -- 2.2 Principles of various absorption heating technologies -- 2.3 Working fluids for absorption heating technologies -- 2.4 Modeling methods for absorption heating cycles -- 3. Low evaporation temperature absorption heat pump ; 3.1 Principles of low evaporation temperature AHP heating -- 3.2 Performance characteristics of ASAHP -- 3.3 Experimental investigation of NH₃/H₂O AHP -- 3.4 Merits of low evaporation temperature AHP heating |
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4. Performance improvement of absorption heat pump ; 4.1 Theoretical improvement for colder ambient conditions -- 4.2 Experimental improvement for colder ambient conditions -- 4.3 Theoretical Improvement for lower driving temperatures -- 4.4 Experimental improvement for lower driving temperatures -- 4.5 improvement for higher driving temperatures -- 5. Performance of ground source absorption heat pump ; 5.1 Configurations of GSAHP heating/cooling systems -- 5.2 Performance characteristics of GSAHP -- 5.3 Long-term performance of GSAHP system -- 6. Hybrid ground source absorption heat pump system ; 6.1 Basic ideas for hybrid GSAHP systems -- 6.2 GSAHP integrated with borehole free cooling -- 6.3 GSAHP integrated with auxiliary cooling tower -- 6.4 GSAHP integrated with waste heat recover -- 6.5 GSAHP integrated with conventional GSHP |
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7. Advances in novel working fluids for absorption heat pump ; 7.1 Novel working fluids to avoid crystallization -- 7.2 Novel working fluids to avoid rectification -- 7.3 Novel working fluids for higher safety and sustainability -- 8. Advances in waste heat and renewable energy utilization ; 8.1 Absorption heat pump for heat recover in district heating -- 8.2 Absorption heat pump for industrial heat recover -- 8.3 Absorption heat pump for solar energy utilization -- 8.4 Absorption heat pump for geothermal energy utilization -- 9. Absorption heating technologies : summaries and perspectives ; 9.1 Summaries of absorption heating technologies -- 9.2 Perspectives on absorption heating technologies |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to novel absorption heating technologies for improving the energy efficiency of heating systems. The proposed low-temperature heating systems, based on an air source absorption heat pump (ASAHP), significantly increase heating efficiency and reduce pollution emissions. As the performance of ASAHPs deteriorates at lower ambient/driving temperatures, a series of advanced cycles is used to extend their applicability, with the compression-assisted ASAHP being the most outstanding example. The book discusses the generator-absorber-heat-exchange ASAHP as a promising solution to make the best of high driving temperatures, an aspect that can be improved further via compression. Further, it addresses the ground source absorption heat pump (GSAHP), which eliminates the soil thermal imbalance of the conventional ground source electrical heat pump (GSEHP), and also reduces the number of boreholes . Various hybrid GSAHP systems are proposed to further enhance applicability, efficiency, and economy: these include a combined GSAHP and GSEHP system, as well as ASAHP and GSAHP systems that incorporate design optimizations. In closing, the book explores the merits of novel working fluids and highlights recent advances concerning waste heat and renewable energy utilization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Heat -- Radiation and absorption.
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Radiative transfer.
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Heat -- Radiation and absorption
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Radiative transfer
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Li, Xianting., author
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You, Tian (Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ.) author
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| ISBN |
9811504709 |
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9789811504709 |
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