Author, as appears in the article.: Alvarez, Maria E.; Esteve, Xavier; Bourouis, Mahmoud
Department: Enginyeria Mecànica
URV's Author/s: Bourouis Chebata, Mahmoud
Keywords: Triple-effect absorption cycle High-temperature heat sources Aqueous nitrate solution Alkitrate
Abstract: A triple-effect absorption cooling cycle using aqueous (lithium, potassium, sodium) nitrate solution (Alkitrate) as a working fluid in the high temperature stage is simulated in this work. This cycle takes advantage of the thermal potential of high temperature heat sources and has a configuration consisting of a H2O/LiBr double-effect cycle coupled with a single-effect cycle that uses Alkitrate as a working fluid. Heat is exchanged between the two cycles by thermal fluids which flow in the external circuits. The conventional working fluid H2O/LiBr suffers from serious problems of corrosion and thermal decomposition at temperatures of over 180 °C, which restricts its use in the high temperature components of a triple-effect absorption cooling cycle. At the nominal operating conditions selected, namely a heat source temperature TH of 250 °C and a cooling-water temperature TC of 30 °C the coefficient of performance achieved with the Alkitrate topping cycle is 1.73. The correct operation of the cycle is demonstrated by drawing the cycle in the Dühring diagram, where the safety margin for the crystallization of the working fluid is adhered to. Results show that the Alkitrate triple-effect cycle has a slightly higher efficiency as compared to the H2O/LiBr triple-effect cycle at generator temperatures of over 180 °C. Moreover, the practical operation of a H2O/LiBr triple-effect cycle at temperatures higher than 180 °C suffers from the above mentioned problems related to the thermal stability and corrosion of the working pair.
Thematic Areas: Thermodynamics Química Medicina iii Mechanics Mechanical engineering Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Industrial and manufacturing engineering Fluid flow and transfer processes Engineering, mechanical Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Energy engineering and power technology Energy & fuels Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: mahmoud.bourouis@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2476-5967
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359431115000150
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Applied Thermal Engineering. 79 27-36
APA: Alvarez, Maria E.; Esteve, Xavier; Bourouis, Mahmoud (2015). Performance analysis of a triple-effect absorption cooling cycle using aqueous (lithium, potassium, sodium) nitrate solution as a working pair. Applied Thermal Engineering, 79(), 27-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.011
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.011
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications