CHEMICAL HEAT PUMP USING HEAT OF REVERSIBLE CATALYTIC REACTIONS.

One of the most important objects of research in the field of energy conservation is development of a high temperature heat pump for the industrial sector. In this framework this paper introduces a new concept of heat pump, which is a hybrid between a compressor and chemical heat pump, where instead of the latent heat of liquids, the proposed system uses the heat of gaseous catalytic reversible reactions (type A B ARR LR B plus C). This paper proposes a simple scheme with a mathematical model for the calculation of the parameters necessary to qualify the behaviour of the Heat Reaction Chemical Heat Pump (HRCHP). The Coefficient of Performance (COP) is calculated as a function of the temperature of the heat source, the temperature to which the pump upgrades the heat and the conversion of the chemical reaction. A more optimized scheme is prospected.