By ChiShing Li Date:3rd November, 2005 Uses of Heat Pumps By ChiShing Li Date:3rd November, 2005
Common uses Refrigerators Home space heating/cooling Home water heating Swimming pool
More uses of heat pumps Laboratory plate/spot heating
Heat Generated Cooling Thermoacoustic Technique Using waste heat from car to generate sound When sound waves cycle through compression and expansion, it drives a heat pump that cools the car A thermoacoustic system, compared to a A/C system, may be reliable, have a long lifetime, and be environmentally safe, but it currently has a low energy density, therefore taking up a large volume. It also may be limited in terms of how much energy it could produce.
References http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/ancillary_loads/heat_utilization.html http://www.geo4va.vt.edu/A3/A3.htm#A3sec2 http://news.thomasnet.com/news/1042