PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND TECHNICAL MEANS FOR USING THE THERMAL ENERGY OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

The scheme of calculating the "pressure–concentration–temperature" diagrams with reference to a wide range of hydride-forming materials in determining the thermodynamic characteristics of sorption-type hydrogen heat-pump installations is presented. The schematic diagram and operating principle of a three-adsorber refrigerator with a complex activated carbon fi ber-alkali salts sorbent are described. This sorbent has a large cold holding capacity and a high rate of sorption. Experimental data attest to the high efficiency of the apparatus. The means of extraction of the low-temperature heat of soil and rocks for useful utilization are considered. The effi ciency of the Clausius–Rankine cycle exploited in the operation of electric and thermoelectric power stations with various organic working fl uids has been determined.
   
Author:  L. L. Vasiliev, V. V. Solovei, D. Kh. Kharlampidi, A. A. Stachel,c T. Kujawa, V. A. Tarasova, A. S. Zhuravlev,a A. P. Tsitovich, and E. V. Kostenko
Keywords:  heat pump, thermal transformer, hydrogen power engineering, renewable heat sources, geothermal energy, thermodynamic analysis, adsorption machines, absorption machines, sorption heat pipe, energy saving, Rankine organic cycle
Page:  1100