• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.489-498
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• 1998

Among the heat/mass exchange units composing an absorption system, the absorber, where the refrigerant vapor is absorbed into the liquid solution is the one least understood. In the present study, the effects of non-absorbable gas on the absorption process of aqueous lithium bromide solution falling film inside a vertical tube were experimentally investigated. In the range of film Reynolds number of 30 ~ 195, heat and mass transfer characteristics were investigated as a function of non-absorbable gas volumetric concentration, 0.2 ~ 20%. An increase of non-absorbable gas volumetric concentration degraded the mass transfer rate dramatically in the absorption process. The reduction of mass transfer rate was significant for the addition of small amount of non-absorbable gas to the pure vapor. At film Reynolds number of 130, an increase of non-absorbable gas concentration from 0.2 to 6.0% resulted in the decrease of mass transfer rate by 36% and 20% of non-absorbable gas by 59%. However the decrease of film Nusselt number with the increase of volumetric concentration of non absorbable gas was relatively smaller than the decrease of Sherwood number. Critical film Reynolds number was identified to exist for the maximum heat and mass transfer regardless of the volumetric concentration of non-absorbable gases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.79-79
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• 2017

국내 여름철의 고온다습한 기후환경으로 인하여 온실 내부의 냉방 및 제습이 필수적인데, 온실 냉방 방식 중 증발냉각 시스템이 가장 효율이 높다고 알려져 있다. 하지만 증발냉각 시스템은 건조한 기후 지역에서 발달한 방식으로, 작물의 증산작용으로 인한 온실 내부 습도 상승에 따른 문제점이 발생되어 다습한 여름철 국내 기후에는 반드시 냉각과 제습이 동시에 필요하다. 따라서 증발냉각 방식 중 Fan and Pad 방식과 리튬브로마이드 수용액을 이용한 온실 냉방 및 제습을 위한 복합시스템에 관한 연구가 진행중이다. 현재 리튬브로마이드 수용액 제습 시 발생되는 발열량과 수용액의 무게변화와 같은 수용액의 흡습성질 대한 정확한 지표가 나타나 있지 않다. 이에 연구를 진행하기에 앞서 리튬브로마이드 흡습성질에 관한 데이터 자료가 필요하다고 판단되어 기초실험을 진행하였고, 본 연구에서는 Pilot Scale의 재생 순환시스템을 통해 리튬브로마이드 수용액의 흡습성질을 이용한 재사용 방안을 제시하였고, 시스템 내에서 외부투입공기와 작동유체의 흡습성질에 의한 반응 전후 온도변화 예측 모델을 수립하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 리튬브로마이드 수용액의 흡습성질을 분석하고, 이를 이 용한 재생 순환 시스템에 관한 연구를 진행할 예정이다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.6 no.1 s.17
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• pp.92-97
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• 2002

This paper was studied on corrosion characteristics of gas absorption refrigeration & hot water system using $LiBr-H_2O$ working fluids. In the $62\%$ lithium bromide solution at $60^{\circ}C$, polarization test of Cu, $10\%$ cupronickel($90-10\%$ Cu-Ni) and $30\%$ cupronickel($70-30\%$ Cu-Ni) tube was carried out. And polarization behavior, polarization resistance characteristics, open circuit potential, anodic polarization of heat exchanger tube for gas absorption refrigeration & hot water system were considered. The main results are as following: 1) Polarization resistance of heat exchange tubes appears high in order of $30\%$ cupronickel tube > $10\%$ cupronickel tube > Cu tube. B) Open circuit potential of cupronickel tube is more noble than that of Cu tube, and corrosion current density of cupronickel is controlled than Cu tube. 3) Potential of passive region of $30\%$ cupronickel tube is more wide than that of $10\%$ cupronickel tube, and the passivation critical current of $30\%$ cupronickel tube is lower than that of $10\%$ cupronickel tube.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.400-406
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• 1999

In an effort to obtain high efficiency in gas fired absorption chillers, a new working fluid has been developed with thc addition of the component of $LiNO_3$, LiCl and LiI to the conventional solution of $LiBr-H_2O$. The solubility and vapor pressure of the 4 component working fluid developed in this work were measured and compared to the results of $LiBr-H_2O$ solution. It was observed that there exists an optimal mole ratio of the inorganic salts in terms of solubility. The mole ratio of LiBr, $LiNO_3$ and LiCl was found to be around 5:1:1~2 in the $LiBr-LiNO_3-LiCl-H_2O$ mixture, and in the case of $LiBr-LiO_3-Lil-H_2O$ and $LiBr-Lil-LiCl-H_2O$ mixtures, the mole ratio of LiBr, $LiNO_3$ and Lil/ LiBr, LiI and LiCl were found to be around 5:1:1 and 5:1:0.5~1 respectively. The vapor pressure of the 4 component working fluid of the optimal mole ratio was increascd with adding the component of $LiNO_3$, LiCl and LiI except for $LiBr-LiNO_3-LiCl-H_2O$ mixture. The absorption capacity of $LiBr-LiNO_3-LiCl-H_2O$ mixture was obtained higher than that of $LiBr-H_2O$ mixture.