Industrial Technologies Program - Energy

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A BestPracticesSteam TechnicalBriefIndustrialHeat Pumpsfor Steamand Department of EnergyEnergy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyBringing you a prosperous future where Energy is clean, abundant, reliable, and affordableEnergy efficiency and clean, renewable Energy will mean a stronger economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energyindependence for America. By investing in technology breakthroughs today, our nation can look forward to a more resilient economy and secure technology changes will be essential to America senergy future. Working with a wide array of state, community,industry, and university partners, the Department of Energy sOffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy invests in adiverse portfolio of Energy Technologies that will: Conserve Energy in the residential, commercial, Industrial , government, and transportation sectors Increase and diversify Energy supply, with a focus on renewable domestic sources Upgrade our national Energy infrastructure Facilitate the emergence of hydrogen Technologies as a vital new Energy carrier.

For industrial applications, simple paybacks of 2 to 5 years are typical. Different types of heat pumps accomplish the three basic heat-pump functions in different ways, but in all cases the goal is 3 x x x x x x x x Power Cost, c/kWh 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 x 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Heat-Pump Temperature ...

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