Implementation and Experimental Results of the New Thermo-Hydraulic CAPILI Pilot

Abstract

After modeling and evaluating performances of the new thermo-hydraulic process “CAPILI” in the previous work, we are proposing the implementation of the first CAPILI experimental pilot in order to check the real behavior of the new patented process for a specific residential application. The obtained experimental results are extremely useful and will be harnessed in future works for analytical development of hydraulic motor resistance. Then, the validation and the calibration of the simulation method, which has been used to evaluate CAPILI performance for OTEC application, are checked. So, the CAPILI pilot will be described first. Then, experimental results will be presented and discussed.