Thermodynamic performance and comparison of solar assisted double effect absorption cooling system with LiCl-H2O and LiBr-H2O working fluid

This paper represents the detailed thermodynamic study to compare the performance of solar assisted double effect LiBr-H 2 O and LiCl-H 2 O vapour absorption refrigeration systems (VARS) coupled with several solar collectors. A 100 kW absorption cooling system is analysed at evaporator temperature 5...

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Published in:Building simulation 2019-12, Vol.12 (6), p.1063-1075
Main Authors: Pandya, Bhargav, Modi, Nishant, Upadhyai, Ravi, Patel, Jatin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption cooling
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Building Construction and Design
Cooling
Cooling systems
Economics
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Evaporators
Heat
Heat and Mass Transfer
Lithium chloride
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Refrigeration
Research Article
Solar collectors
Storage tanks
Temperature
Variance analysis
Working fluids
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Summary:This paper represents the detailed thermodynamic study to compare the performance of solar assisted double effect LiBr-H 2 O and LiCl-H 2 O vapour absorption refrigeration systems (VARS) coupled with several solar collectors. A 100 kW absorption cooling system is analysed at evaporator temperature 5 °C and two condensation temperatures 30 °C and 40 °C integrated with evacuated tube collector (ETC) and parabolic trough collector (PTC) connected with storage tank to operate the absorption system. In this study, minimum heat source temperature required to operate the system is evaluated for both solar-assisted cooling systems. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is performed to find out most critical parameters for minimum heat source temperature. The influence of heat source temperature on thermodynamic and economic aspects of systems is depicted. It is found that LiCl-H 2 O VARS depicted enhanced thermodynamic and economic performance compared to LiBr-H 2 O system. Furthermore, it is found that required mean specific collecting area for LiCl-H 2 O pair is close to 1.25 m 2 /kW, which is relatively low value. From the comparison assessment, it is found that ETC based system is favorable from economic perspectives and PTC based system is recommended from thermodynamic performance perspectives.
ISSN:1996-3599
1996-8744
DOI:10.1007/s12273-019-0535-3