Design, Development and Testing of a Solar-Powered Multi-Family Residential Size Prototype Turbocompressor Heat Pump. Design, Fabrication and Test Evaluation of MOD-2 Solar-Powered Rankine/Rankine Heat Pump System. Final Report

摘要

As part of a continuing Rankine-cycle heating and cooling system development program initiated in the mid-1960's, United Technologies with Government and Corporate sponsorship, has designed, fabricated and tested an improved 18-ton solar-powered Rankine-cycle heat pump (MOD-2). The MOD-2 unit incorporates several cycle and component design refinements intended to improve performance, reliability, operational characteristics and to lower capital cost relative to an earlier MOD-1 unit. Technical and economic analyses were conducted to evaluate the merits of a unitary (direct air-cooled) version of the MOD-2 heat pump. Further work has been undertaken to design and evaluate a more advanced (MOD-3) heat pump which would have the capability of achieving commercial viability with significant market potential. (ERA citation 12:000682)