Premium
PROPANE/n‐HEXADECANE RESORPTION CYCLE FOR AIR‐CONDITIONING APPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Rogdakis E. D.,
Antonopoulos K. A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-114x(19970610)21:7<615::aid-er288>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - thermodynamics , air conditioning , refrigeration , evaporator , refrigerant , isentropic process , condenser (optics) , propane , thermodynamic cycle , enthalpy , chemistry , cooling capacity , coefficient of performance , gas compressor , physics , light source , optics
A compression/absoption (or resorption) refrigeration cycle is considered for air‐conditioning applications, working with C 3 H 8 as refrigerant and C 16 H 34 as absorbent. A method is developed for the calculation and representation of the thermodynamic cycle on the enthalpy–temperature plane. A parametric study is conducted and the optimum operation of the refrigeration unit is defined. Correlations are developed for the thermodynamic properties of the working mixture and the characteristic quantities of the cycle. It is found that, for air‐conditioning applications with highest temperature in the evaporator from 5 to 20°C, the theoretical cooling capacity and coefficient of performance vary in the ranges from 260–270 kJ kg −1 C 3 H 8 and for 2·1 to 3·3, respectively. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.