Experimental thermodynamic evaluation for a single stage heat transformer prototype build with commercial PHEs

Single Stage Heat Transformer (SSHT) is a device to recovery waste heat by a thermodynamic cycle. In this paper an experimental SSHT prototype was analyzed. This prototype operates with Water/Carrol mixture. Four test runs were carried out in order to evaluate the performance. The heat powers were measured from 0.99 to 1.35 kW for the generator, 0.97–1.33 kW for the condenser, 0.99–1.35 kW for the evaporator and 0.69–0.81 kW for the absorber. Experimental Gross Temperature Lift (GTL) was values from 18.5 to 22.2 °C and the dimensionless Coefficient of Performance (COP) was calculated for those operating conditions from 0.30 to 0.35.