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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 73, 2016
XV International Conference “Topical Problems of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Energy Efficiency and Ecology – 2016”
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| Article Number | 02015 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Sources, “Green” Buildings and Sustainable Development | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20167302015 | |
| Published online | 11 August 2016 | |
Assessing Energy Efficiency of Compression Heat Pumps in Drying Processes when Zeotropic Hydrocarbon Mixtures are Used as Working Agents
1 Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, 410054, st. Politechnicheskaya, Saratov, Russian Federation
2 Public Limited Company “Giproniigaz”, 410012, st.Kirova, Saratov, Russian Federation
3 Scientific Technologies Ltd, 410062, st. Moscow highway, Saratov, Russian Federation
* Corresponding author: ritamitrofanova@yandex.ru
Presents the results of studies of innovative materials in the field of renewable energy.The paper proposes a design and a formula for assessing energy efficiency of the heat pump air dryer, which uses zeotropic hydrocarbon mixtures of saturated hydrocarbons as a working agent and applies the principle of a counter-current heat exchanger with a variable temperature of both the working and the drying agents. Energy efficiency of the heat pump is achieved by means of obtaining a greater part of heat from renewable energy sources, in this case by cooling the air and condensing the water vapors in the heat pump. A conducted analysis identified correlations in establishing the marginal real coefficient of performance of the compression heat pump dryer running on zeotropic hydrocarbon mixtures and operating a cycle with variable temperatures of both the working and the drying agent in the evaporator and the condenser of the heat pump. According to the established correlations, the marginal real coefficient of performance of the compression heat pump dryers running on zeotropic hydrocarbon mixtures of 40 mol% of R600a and 60 mol% of R601 is 1.92 times higher than that of the same dryers running on only R600 (n-butane).
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016
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