Numerical simulation and experimental results of horizontal tube falling film generator working in a NH3-LiNO3 absorption refrigeration system.
Author(s) : HERRERA J. V., GARCÍA-VALLADARES O., GÓMEZ V. H., et al.
Type of article: Article
Summary
This paper describes the work made at the Centro de Investigación en Energía in the development of an absorption refrigeration system for cooling and refrigeration applications with a capacity of 10 kW. The single effect unit utilizes ammonia-lithium nitrate as working pair and it is air cooled. The generator is a falling film type with horizontal tubes where the heating oil flows inside the tube bank and the ammonia-lithium nitrate solution flows as a falling film on the tube outside, where it is heated and ammonia vapor is generated. The generator consists of tree columns and four rows per column of horizontal tubes. The system was tested at controlled conditions with heating oil obtained from an electric resistance heating loop. A numerical model of the horizontal falling film generator was developed that divided the system into three different thermal elements: the flow inside the tube, the heat conduction in the tube wall and the falling film solution flow. The mathematical model was tested and validated with experimental data and a study of the influence of the heat transfer coefficient for ammonia-lithium nitrate solution in the numerical model was carried out. A comparison between experimental and numerical data for the heat flux in the system and the temperature profiles in the oil and solution flows shown a good degree of correlation. [Reprinted with permission from Elsevier. Copyright, 2010].
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- Original title: Numerical simulation and experimental results of horizontal tube falling film generator working in a NH3-LiNO3 absorption refrigeration system.
- Record ID : 30001999
- Languages: English
- Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 30 - n. 13
- Publication date: 2010/09
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.04.006
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