A new strategy for the design and optimization of regenerative cycles (e.g. Stirling or Vuilleumier cycles) is presented. It is based on a simplex algorithm and is organized in a hierarchical structure, sorting the independent parameters in order of decreasing influence on the global design and defining them in a way which minimizes their mutual interaction. It was successfully applied to the design of a 20 kW Vuilleumier heat pump for residential heating applications within in joint German government-funded R&D-project. The experimental results are well reproduced by the simulation code if a few resonable assumptions for hardly predictable parameters are made.


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    Title :

    Thermodynamic Design and Optimization of a 20 kW Vuilleumier Heat Pump


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    34th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ; 1999



    Publication date :

    1999-08-02




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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