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The Influences of the Refrigerant Adulteration by an Absorbent on the Cooling Capacity and COP of the Absorption Chiller  

Park, Chan-Woo (Department of Computer Based Applied Mechanical Engineering, Iksan National College)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.18, no.9, 2006 , pp. 753-760 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of the present work is to investigate the influence of the refrigerant adulteration by LiBr solution on the cooling capacity and COP for three different types of abso게tion chillers: a single-effect type, a series-flow double-effect type and a parallel-flow with double-effect type. A simulation program has been prepared for the cyclic analysis of absorption chillers. With some assumptions, the calculations have been performed by solving the mass balance equation, energy balance equation and the state equation simultaneously. The range of the LiBr concentration of refrigerant was 0% to 20% in the present study. For the single-effect absorption chiller, the maximum decrease in the cooling capacity was 10% at the 20% of LiBr concentration. For the double-effect chiller, the capacity was decreased by 11.1% for the parallel-flow type and the series-flow type. Also, the COP was reduced by 3.0% in single-effect, 2.8% in series-flow type (SR=0.4) and 2.3% in parallel-flow type.
Keywords
Absorption chiller; COP; Single-effect; Parallel-flow type; Series-flow type;
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