Low-Temperature Energy Systems with Applications of Renewable Energy

Table of Contents

1. Principles and operation of refrigeration and heat pump systems 2. Characteristics of low-temperature energy sources�for heat pumps 3. Effective use of heat pumps for various heating applications 4. Heat pumps in the drying industry 5. Heating with geothermal systems 6. Geothermal energy in combined heat and power systems 7. Biofuels conversion: energy-saving processes and use of biogas 8. Hybrid systems with renewable energy sources 9. Industrial waste heat resources

Authors

Andriy Redko Professor, Department of Heat Gas Supply, Ventilation and Use of Thermal Secondary Resources, Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kharkiv,�Ukraine. Redko Andriy is a Doctor of technical sciences at Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, and Professor in the department of Heat, gas supply, ventilation and using WHR. He defended his PhD dissertation on the problem of gypsum dehydration in a boiling bed under pressure and he is currently researching processes of heat treatment and combustion of various fuels in a boiling bed. Oleksandr Redko Chairman, Department of Heat Gas Supply, Ventilation and Use Thermal of Secondary Resources, Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Redko Oleksandr is Doctor of technical sciences and Professor, department of Heat, gas supply, ventilation and using WHR at the Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture. He defended his Dr. S thesis on the problem of intensification of heat processes in a boiling bed and is currently researching processes of low-grade fuel combustion in a boiling bed. Ronald DiPippo Renewable Energy Consultant, Chancellor Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA. Ronald DiPippo is a geothermal expert and renewable energy consultant.. He is also Chancellor Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States.