DEVELOPMENT OF ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS WITH ORGANIC WORKING FLUIDS FOR REFRIGERATION AND HEATING APPLICATIONS.

Author(s) : BORDE I.

Summary

THE NEED TO UTILIZE INDUSTRIAL WASTE HEAT AND LOW-GRADE ENERGY SOURCES HAS STIMULATED THE SEARCH FOR ORGANIC WORKING PAIRS HAVING BOTH THE THERMODYNAMIC, HEAT TRANSFER AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND THE CHEMICAL STABILITY REQUIRED FOR COST-EFFECTIVE ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS. THE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON HALOHYDROCARBON FLUIDS (ESPECIALLY MONOCHLORODFE THE ABSORBENTS EXAMINED INCLUDED VARIOUS CLASSES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. THE ULTIMATE EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF A WORKING FLUID IS BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE EXPECTED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AS CALCULATED FROM ADVANCED CYCLE AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND PREDICTED BY COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION MODELS. A DEMONSTRATION UNIT WAS DESIGNED AND OPERATED WITH SEVERAL REFRIGERANT-ABSORBENT PAIRS. INDUSTRIAL UNITS ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND RUNNING-IN.

Details

  • Original title: DEVELOPMENT OF ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS WITH ORGANIC WORKING FLUIDS FOR REFRIGERATION AND HEATING APPLICATIONS.
  • Record ID : 1989-1144
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1988/03/09
  • Source: Source: Proc. JAR int. Symp., Tokyo
    123-133; 6 fig.; 1 tabl.; 9 ref.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.