Overview
- Includes a brief overview of the market development of electrically-driven heat pumps, and typical schematics of heat-pump-based HVAC plants
- Presents compression heat pumps in detail, including all main components
- Addresses the needs of graduate students, researchers, and professionals/technicians
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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About this book
The text describes the main features of currently available heat pumps, focusing on system operation and interactions with external heat sources. In fact, before choosing a heat pump, several aspects must be assessed in detail: the actual climate of the installation site, the building’s energy requirements, the heating system, the type of operation etc. After discussing the general working principles, the book describes the main components of compression machines – for EHPs, GHPs and CO2 heat pumps. It then addresses absorption heat pumps and provides additional details on the behavior of two-fluid mixtures. The book presents a performance comparison for the different types, helping designers choose the right one for their needs, and discusses the main refrigerants. Notes on helpful additional literature, websites and videos, also concerning relevant European regulations, round out the coverage. This book will be of interest to all engineers and technicians whose work involves heatpumps. It will also benefit students in energy engineering degree programs who want to deepen their understanding of heat pumps.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heat Pumps
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Authors: Walter Grassi
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62199-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62198-2Published: 28 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87255-1Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62199-9Published: 11 August 2017
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 124 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Building Physics, HVAC, Renewable and Green Energy, Engine Technology