Abstract
One of the major programs conducted by the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office of Industrial Programs
is the Industrial Heat Pump Program. The objective
of this program is to develop and advance heat pump
technology to help American industry use its energy
resources more efficiently. It involves using heat
pumps in a role of both increasing the process efficiencies
and recovering and reusing waste energy
emitted in industrial manufacturing processes. The
lead laboratories doing research in heat pumps in
the U.S. are the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL) and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
(INEL). This paper discusses the present state of
heat pump technology and research opportunities in
this field.
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