THE IMPACT OF AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE ON LITHIUM-BROMIDE WATER ABSORPTIONMACHINE PERFORMANCE/

During this decade, primarily due to escalating energy costs and envir onmental aspects, cogeneration has become popular. Absorption heat rec overy offers an excellent alternative to utilising what previously amo unted to waste heat. In this study the influence of ambient temperatur e on the generator temperature, concentration of strong solution, flow ratio of the solution and on the evaporator temperature attainable fo r air-conditioning purposes of a lithium bromide/water absorption unit has been investigated. It has been shown that an increase in the ambi ent temperature causes an increase in the generator temperature. Final ly, the effect of flow ratio on the generator temperature has been giv en. Crown copyright (C) 1996. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.