1994 年 19 巻 2 号 p. 25-32
Thermal efficiency of the proposed chemical heat pump system has been enhanced extensively by adopting a liquid-film state under boiling conditions for the dehydrogenation catalysts, which are composed of Ru-Pt fine particles supported on carbon. Increase of rate for 2-propanol dehydrogenation as well as decrease of retardation caused by adsorbed acetone were ascribed to higher active-site temperatures than the boiling point of the solution. Characteristics of heat and mass transfers as correlated irreversible processes are discussed on the thermodynamical basis.