Ideal Fluid Properties for Optimizing Absorption Heat Pump Performance

摘要

This report focuses on defining the fluid properties that will optimize the performance of a heat pump cycle. A simple heat pump computer model in conjunction with a parametric binary solution model is coupled to a computer code that searches for optimum values. The code determines the values of the parameters that maximize the thermal performance of the heat pump. The set of parameters is thermodynamically consistent. This set describes an ideal fluid with which single-effect cycle performance of 90% of Carnot is possible. The ideal fluid properties are a guide toward the properties that real fluids must exhibit in order to enhance the thermal performance of single-effect cycles. (ERA citation 12:028762)