Hydroxide absorption heat pumps with spray absorber
- Technische Univ. Muenchen, Munich (Germany). Physics Dept.
- Bayerisches Zentrum fuer Angewandte Energieforschung, Munich (Germany)
The absorber is one of the most expensive components of an absorption heat pump or chiller, respectively. In order to reduce the cost of a heat exchanger, much effort is invested into searching for additives for heat transfer enhancement. Another way to reduce heat exchanger cost, especially for machines with low capacities, is to use an adiabatic spray absorber. The basic principles of the spray absorber is to perform heat and mass transfer separated from each other in two different components. In this way the heat can be rejected effectively in a liquid-liquid heat exchanger, whereas the mass transfer occurs subsequently in a simple vessel. The spray technique can not only save heat exchanger cost in conventional absorption systems working with water and lithium bromide, it also allows the use of quite different working fluids such as hydroxides, which have lower heat transfer coefficients in falling films. Moreover, the separated heat transfer can easily be performed in a liquid-to-air heat exchanger. Hence it is obvious to use hydroxides that allow for a high temperature lift for building an air-cooled chiller with spray absorber. In this presentation theoretical and experimental investigations of the spray absorber as well as the setup will be described. Finally, possible applications will be outlined.
- OSTI ID:
- 392527
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960254-; TRN: IM9647%%381
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Winter meeting of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA (United States), 17-21 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ASHRAE transactions 1996: Technical and symposium papers. Volume 102, Part 1; PB: 1278 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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