An absorption system, reduced to the equivalent combined system of three-heat-source heat pump, is optimized with economical criteria. The multiparameter thermodynamic function η combines the COP and rate of pumping, and determines that optimum. Values of μ = 0, μ = 1, and μ > 1 define three different cases of application for different markets.

Issue Section:
Technical Brief
Topics:
Absorption, Low temperature, Optimization, Heat, Heat pumps
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