Thermoeconomic life-cycle costs of absorption chillers.

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Summary

A thermoeconomic analysis has been carried out on a range of single- and double-stage absorption chillers to determine the most cost-effective options based on life-cycle cots. The best selections were found to be single-stage chillers with relatively high hot-water temperatures, i.e. hot water at 115 deg C, for equivalent full load hours (EFLH) up to 2500 EFLH and double-stage steam-fired chillers for high EFLH, above 600 EFLH. The results indicated are very conservative as absorption chiller prices have dropped significantly during the last year.

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Original title: Thermoeconomic life-cycle costs of absorption chillers.
Record ID : 1998-2884
Languages: English
Source: Build. Serv. Eng. Res. Technol. - vol. 18 - n. 3
Publication date: 1997
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Themes: Other air-conditioning equipment;
Chillers;
Absorption and adsorption systems
Keywords: Economy; Chiller; Absorption system; Optimization; Air conditioning; Water-lithium bromide; Chilled water