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Solar Assisted Heat Pump Program Overview and Summary of Work at Brookhaven National Laboratory

J. S. Andrews

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Four generic paths for avoiding the high utility power demand for solar-assisted heat pump systems when the sun is not shining and storage is depleted are described. These include the bimodal solar-assisted heat pump (SAHP) system, direct-expansion solar collector/heat pump systems, volume-dominated ground-coupled systems, and area-dominated ground coupled systems. Work at BNL on heat pump development, ground coupling, and low-cost collectors for use with these systems is reviewed. (WHK)

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Key concepts: Heat pump, Work (physics), Nuclear engineering, National laboratory, Thermal energy storage, Environmental science, Engineering, Process engineering