Recycling waste heat energy using vapour absorption heat transformers: A review

Philip Donnellan, Kevin Cronin and Edmond Byrne

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 42, issue C, 1290-1304

Abstract: Vapour absorption heat transformers are thermodynamic cycles which are capable of upgrading the temperature of waste heat energy using only negligible quantities of electrical energy. Although marked as a future technology by the IEA (International Energy Agency), as being important for energy utilization in the 21st century, industrial applications of heat transformers are still very limited. This paper presents a comprehensive review of heat transformer research over the past two decades. Emphasis is placed upon optimisation studies, alternate cycle configurations, working fluids comparisons and industrial application case studies.

Keywords: Absorption heat transformer; Heat energy; Energy recovery; Efficiency; Low temperature energy; Waste heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.002

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