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Title: Computer simulation of absorption heat pump using aqueous lithium bromide and ternary nitrate mixtures

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6955013· OSTI ID:6955013

A new aqueous ternary mixture consisting of 53 wt % LiNO/sub 3/, 28 wt % KNO/sub 3/, and 19 wt % NaNO/sub 3/is available for high-temperature heat pump applications. The pressure-composition-temperature and the specific enthalpy-concentration-temperature data in the form of correlated polynomial expressions are used in a computer program to simulate results of a temperature amplifier heat pump with LiBr/H/sub 2/O and ternary nitrate/H/sub 2/O mixtures as working fluids. In the absence of adequate thermophysical data for the fluids, the study serves as a best guess first approximation. The results show that the ternary nitrate mixture potentially has approximately a 10% advantage in COP and a 15% advantage in temperature lifts over aqueous LiBr at high temperatures. Ternary nitrates are hampered by crystallization at low waste heat temperatures and cannot operate competitively in the low lift and waste heat temperature regions. The potential performance advantage at high temperatures for the ternary nitrate mixture is sufficiently attractive to justify additional work to obtain adequate thermodynamic transport and corrosion data. 10 refs., 11 figs.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6955013
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-10392; ON: DE88013353
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English