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Energy efficiency assessment of a hybrid transcritical CO2-compression-absorption heat pump system for heating and cooling in the dairy industry.

Auteurs : BENIWAL R., GARG K., TYAGI H.

Type d'article : Article de la RIF

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The dairy industry demands high energy consumption due to simultaneous heating requirements for pasteuri zation and cooling demands for milk storage, which is conventionally fulfilled by separate energy-intensive systems. This study presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of three combined heating and cooling systems for milk pasteurization, with emphasis on evaluating the overall energy consumption of each system. The research evaluates a conventional ammonia-based vapour compression refrigeration system (VCRS) coupled with electrical resistance heating as the baseline technology, a standalone transcritical CO2 (TCCO₂) system, and a novel hybrid configuration- integrating TCCO2 refrigeration system with a compression-absorption heat pump (CAHP) cycle proposed in the present study. This innovative hybrid system utilizes waste heat from the TCCO₂ gas cooler (GC) to drive the CAHP generator. The CAHP absorber delivers the required pasteurization temper ature of 72 ◦C and the TCCO₂ evaporator provides cooling at 4 ◦C for milk storage. Performance analysis reveals significant energy efficiency improvements with our newly proposed hybrid system. The conventional NH3-based system with electric heating achieves a combined coefficient of performance (COP) of 1.50, while the standalone TCCO₂ system demonstrates a COP of 1.22 when optimized for heating requirements, though this COP can be increased to 2.5 when excess cooling capacity is fully utilized. The proposed hybrid TCCO₂-CAHP system ach ieves the highest combined COP of 2.83, representing an 88% improvement over the baseline conventional system and consumes only 28.95 kW electrical power for processing 1 kg/s of milk, highlighting its potential as a sustainable and efficient solution for the dairy sector.

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  • Titre original : Energy efficiency assessment of a hybrid transcritical CO2-compression-absorption heat pump system for heating and cooling in the dairy industry.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 30034843
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Sujet : Technologie
  • Source : International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 187
  • Date d'édition : 07/2026
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2026.106945

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