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Performance analysis of an absorption heat transformer with different working fluid combinations

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  • Yin, Juan
  • Shi, Lin
  • Zhu, Ming-Shan
  • Han, Li-Zhong

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The absorption heat transformer (AHT) is a promising system for recovering waste heat. It can effectively recover about 50% of the waste heat and reuse it in industrial processes. However, there exists a need for identifying suitable working fluid combinations and for evaluating their relative performance characteristics. As an initial step, this paper presents a comparative performance study for the absorption heat transformer with H2O/LiBr, TFE(2,2,2-trifluoroethanol)/NMP(N-methy1-2-pyrrolidone), TFE/E181(dimethylether tetraethylene glycol) and TFE/PYR(2-pyrrolidone). The results show that the four working fluid combinations are all suitable for absorption heat transformers. H2O/LiBr is suitable at lower operating temperatures, while TFE/NMP, TFE/E181 and TFE/PYR are suitable at higher operating temperatures.

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  • Yin, Juan & Shi, Lin & Zhu, Ming-Shan & Han, Li-Zhong, 2000. "Performance analysis of an absorption heat transformer with different working fluid combinations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 281-292, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:67:y:2000:i:3:p:281-292
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