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redpoint5 · 09-21-2018, 06:09 PM

Can non-boiling heat sources, say 150F water, be used in a heat pump to concentrate the heat, boil water, and turn a steam turbine?

I know heat pumps are always claiming something like 300% efficiency.

Question is, does the power output from the steam turbine exceed the power input to the compressor?

09-21-2018, 06:09 PM	#2962 (permalink)
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