Thermodynamic Analysis of Stirling Heat Pump based on Thermoeconomic Optimization Criteria

A connectionist investigation of irreversible Stirling heat pump cycles that includes both internal and external irreversibilities together finite heat capacities of external reservoirs was carried out. The thermoeconomic optimization for Stirling heat pump is reported. The heating load per unit total cost for the heat pump is proposed as objective functions for the optimization. The optimum performance parameters which maximize the objective functions are investigated. Since the optimization technique consists of both investment and energy consumption costs, the obtained results are more general and realistic.