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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, vol.22, no.14, pp.1299-1304, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
An irreversible heat engine-driven vapour compression and absorption heat pump system is considered as a cogeneration cycle. The effects of thermal resistances and internal irreversibilities on the coefficient of performance (COP) of this cogeneration cycle were investigated using finite-time thermodynamic approach. An improved equation for the COP of the system under consideration was obtained. The results obtained here may serve as a good guide for the evaluation of existing real cogeneration heat pumps or provide some theoretical bases for the optimal design of future cogeneration heat pumps. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.