Milestone Report:3.2.2.26 Appliances, HVAC & Water Heating R&D-Select Sorption Technology
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The purpose of this report is to select a sorption technology based on recent work completed on characterizing working pairs for both absorption and adsorption technologies based on Global Warming Potential (GWP) of less than 100 (relative to carbon dioxide, 100-year atmospheric life span) and zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP). From a total of eighty-three potential working pairs (absorption technology), there were only two candidate working pairs for the absorption technology, and 8 potential working pairs for adsorption technology. After screening these ten potential candidates on the basis of sizes of the desorber, absorber/adsorber, evaporator, condenser, and rectifier (where applicable), the ORNL-Georgia Tech study concluded that best working pairs are NH3-H2O for the most compact system in terms of heat transfer equipment surface area, and NH3-LiNO3 and MeOH-[mmin][DMP] where efficiency is most important. Based on a single-stage absorption and adsorption modeling using the Engineering Equation Solver (EES), the performance of both sorption systems was evaluated from known heat transfer correlations, and thermos-physical properties. Based on these results, the technology chosen is absorption technology. The selected technology is absorption for the reasons cited in Section 4.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1361336
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2016/765; BT0302000; CEBT002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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