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- Presents various novel absorption heating technologies for efficient and clean heating
- Offers advanced solutions to improve the performance and applicability of the basic air source absorption heat pump
- Provides novel concepts to eliminate the soil thermal imbalance and reduce the number of boreholes compared to conventional ground source heat pumps
- Presents a range of hybrid ground source absorption heat pumps for better applicability, efficiency, and economy
- Discusses in-depth studies on novel absorption working fluids, as well as advances in waste heat and renewable energy utilization
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Absorption Heating
- Efficient Heating
- Clean Heating
- Building Energy Efficiency
- Emission Reduction
- Absorption Heat Pump
- Absorption Heat Transformer
- Absorption-compression Heat Pump
- Absorption Heat Exchanger
- Air Source
- Ground Source
- Double Stage
- Compression-assisted
- Generator Absorber Heat Exchange
- Hybrid Heat Pump
- Soil Thermal Imbalance
- Borehole Free Cooling
- Borehole Number
- Working Fluid
- Ammonia-water
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Wei Wu
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Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Xianting Li
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Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Tian You
About the authors
Wei Wu is currently a researcher in mechanical engineering and has a deep expertise in novel absorption heating technologies, hybrid heat pump technologies, ground source heat pump technologies, natural and low-GWP refrigerant, and net-zero energy buildings. Due to the innovative studies, he has published about 60 papers and 7 patents. He was awarded the Top 10 Special Postgraduate Scholarship and the Top 10 Outstanding Postgraduate Researcher of Tsinghua University during the Ph.D. period. He is the reviewer of many prestigious journals.
Xianting Li is currently the director of the Department of Building Science at Tsinghua University. His conducts innovative studies on heat pump, air-conditioning, thermal storage, and ventilation. He published 6 books, more than 300 papers, and more than 30 patents. He also hosted more than 50 sponsored research projects. He is the president of Commission E1 of International Institute of Refrigeration, Vice-President ofChinese Association of Refrigeration, president of Commission Ventilation of Chinese Committee of HVAC. He serves as editorial board member of several journals.
Tian You is currently a researcher in mechanical engineering and has a deep expertise in novel ground source heat pump systems, ground heat exchanger models, and HVAC energy efficiency. Due to the innovative studies, she published more than 30 papers and 3 patents. She won a Prize in the REHVA World Student Competition. She is the reviewer of several prestigious journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Absorption Heating Technologies
Book Subtitle: Efficient Heating, Heat Recovery and Renewable Energy
Authors: Wei Wu, Xianting Li, Tian You
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0470-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0469-3Published: 08 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0472-3Published: 08 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0470-9Published: 23 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 220 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Building Physics, HVAC, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer