Banks, D. (2016) Scottish pioneers of tools for low temperature geothermal applications: William Cullen, the Stirling brothers and William Rankine. International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology, 86(2), pp. 147-160. (doi: 10.1080/17581206.2016.1223936)
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Abstract
The heat pump is a tool for extracting low temperature heat from the environment (e.g., from the shallow geosphere) and supplying it for space heating at a higher temperature. It is noteworthy that so much of the pioneering work that allowed the development of this tool was associated with Scottish scientists and engineers. William Cullen’s experimentation led to an understanding of the transfer of latent heat (which takes place at the evaporator of the heat pump). William Rankine and the Stirling brothers worked on the thermodynamic cycles that lie at the heart of many heat pumps and low temperature heat engines. William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) first proposed the use of the heat pump for space heating and, with James David Forbes, worked on an understanding of the behaviour of heat in the ground.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Banks, Mr David |
Authors: | Banks, D. |
Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CT Biography T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy |
Journal Name: | International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 1758-1206 |
ISSN (Online): | 1758-1214 |
Published Online: | 08 November 2016 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2016 Taylor and Francis |
First Published: | First published in International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology 86(2): 147-160 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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