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The role of heat pumps for the wise use of energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

C. L. Lopez-Cacicedo
Affiliation:
The Electricity Council Research Centre, Capenhurst, Chester CH1 6ES, U.K.
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Synopsis

Heat pumps allow the reuse of what might otherwise be waste heat by upgrading such energy to useful temperature levels. Industrial applications to evaporation, distillation and drying are briefly described, together with heat pumps' place within process integration, using examples from the Scottish distilling industries. It is shown that heat pumps are another tool available for energy use optimisation.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1987

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