Heat pumps and our low-carbon future: A comprehensive review

AS Gaur, DZ Fitiwi, J Curtis - Energy Research & Social Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Addressing the growing concerns of climate change necessitates the decarbonisation of
energy sectors globally. Heating is the largest energy end-use, accounting for almost half of …

Review on the integration of high-temperature heat pumps in district heating and cooling networks

J Barco-Burgos, JC Bruno, U Eicker… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of heat pumps into DHC (District Heating and Cooling) networks provides
significant environmental and performance improvements, an innovative and profitable …

Future district heating systems and technologies: On the role of smart energy systems and 4th generation district heating

H Lund, N Duic, PA Østergaard, BV Mathiesen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a perspective on the development of future district heating systems and
technologies and their role in future smart energy systems. The reviewed papers elaborate …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on waste heat recovery utilization with special focus on Organic Rankine Cycle applications

A Kumar, D Rakshit - Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In the recent era of development, energy consumption increased many folds. While tapping
this energy from various resources, almost half of this energy is dumped back into the …

Research progress on the fifth-generation district heating system based on heat pump technology

Y Gong, G Ma, Y Jiang, L Wang - Journal of Building engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the energy consumption problem in China has become increasingly
prominent and district heating systems have received more and more attention compared to …

Application of a novel heat pump model for estimating economic viability and barriers of heat pumps in dairy applications in the United States

J Cox, S Belding, T Lowder - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat pumps represent an important opportunity for energy savings and decarbonization.
This work investigates the techno-economic performance of high-temperature heat pumps …

Performance evaluation of low GWP large glide temperature zeotropic mixtures applied in air source heat pump for DHW production

J Liu, L Zhou, Z Lin, X Zhang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposes the low GWP zeotropic mixtures applied in the air source heat pump for
the domestic hot water production using the city water of 15° C. The large glide temperature …

A solar PTC powered absorption chiller design for Co-supply of district heating and cooling systems in Denmark

A Arabkoohsar, M Sadi - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This is quite common to supply the heating demand of absorption chillers via the local
district heating system. This can be technically challenging during summer when the district …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon dioxide and acetone mixtures as refrigerants for industry heat pumps to supply temperature in the range 150–220 oC

J Gómez-Hernández, R Grimes, JV Briongos… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Industry decarbonization is a key a challenge towards the transition to climate neutrality.
Indeed, there is a need to satisfy heat at temperatures higher than 150° C in relevant …

Thermodynamic analyses of ejector refrigeration cycle with zeotropic mixture

B Liu, X Guo, X Xi, J Sun, B Zhang, Z Yang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a model is established for an ejector with a zeotropic refrigerant as the working
medium, and the refrigeration cycle of the ejector is analysed. Depending on the boiling …