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Proposal and analysis of a novel ammonia–water cycle for power and refrigeration cogeneration

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  • Liu, Meng
  • Zhang, Na

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Cogeneration has improved sustainability as it can improve the energy utilization efficiency significantly. In this paper, a novel ammonia-water cycle is proposed for the cogeneration of power and refrigeration. In order to meet the different concentration requirements in the cycle heat addition process and the condensation process, a splitting /absorption unit is introduced and integrated with an ammonia–water Rankine cycle and an ammonia refrigeration cycle. This system can be driven by industrial waste heat or a gas turbine flue gas. The cycle performance was evaluated by the exergy efficiency, which is 58% for the base case system (with the turbine inlet parameters of 450°C/11.1MPa and the refrigeration temperature below −15°C). It is found that there are certain split fractions which maximize the exergy efficiency for given basic working fluid concentration. Compared with the conventional separate generation system of power and refrigeration, the cogeneration system has an 18.2% reduction in energy consumption.

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  • Liu, Meng & Zhang, Na, 2007. "Proposal and analysis of a novel ammonia–water cycle for power and refrigeration cogeneration," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 961-970.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:32:y:2007:i:6:p:961-970
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.09.012
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