The aim of the project is to provide an experimental infrastructure for the development of innovative, efficient and environmentally friendly steam compressors for high-temperature heat pumps (HTHP). This will be achieved by expanding the THERESA test facility with a steam compressor test field and combining the expertise of the newly founded Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes of the German Aerospace Center (DLR-DI) and the Institute for Process Technology, Process Automation and Measurement Technology (IPM) of the Zittau Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (HSZG). The establishment of the steam compressor test field is the basis for the optimization, efficiency increase and further development of steam compressors.
| project runtime: | 01.08.2021 - 30.11.2022 |
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| cooperation partner: | DLR-DI |
| funding authority: | EFRE / SMWA / SAB |
SCTF is a Steam Compressor Test Field located in the Zittau Power Plant Laboratory. It enables the development and testing of efficient vapor compressors and associated components. In particular, tests on the influence of steam quality on compressor efficiency are possible. SCTF supports research on several topics:
| media | steam-loop |
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| max. temperature | 345 °C |
| pressure range | 2 bara - 21 bara |
| max. mass flow rates | 1.0 t/h steam |
| steam quality | saturated steam or superheated steam + optional water injection |
| steam cycle | regular feeding or closed loop operation |
| universal interface |
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| electrical connected load | 100 kW |
| flow loop | also designed for wet steam |
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| pressure resistance | also designed for vacuum |
| universal placement of compressors | machine table 2000 mm x 1000 mm |
