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A study of the operating characteristics of an experimental absorption cooler using ternary systems
Author(s) -
Best R.,
Holland F. A.
Publication year - 1990
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/er.4440140506
Subject(s) - lithium bromide , ternary operation , evaporator , bromide , ternary numeral system , iodide , lithium (medication) , crystallization , absorption (acoustics) , water cooling , materials science , chemistry , absorption refrigerator , inorganic chemistry , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , composite material , refrigeration , medicine , physics , heat exchanger , computer science , programming language , endocrinology
An alternative to the use of the traditional lithium‐bromide/water system for absorption cooling is discussed. An experimental study is presented on the use of salt mixtures of lithium‐bromide/zinc‐bromide and lithium‐bromide/lithium‐iodide as absorbents for water. It is shown that the higher solubilities of the ternary systems allows operation at higher absorber and generator temperatures without the risk of crystallization and with low enough evaporator temperatures for practical cooling applications.