Comparison of the performances of absorption refrigeration cycles

Abstract

This paper compares the performance of absorption refrigeration cycles that are used for refrigeration temperatures below 0°C. Since the most common vapor absorption refrigeration systems use ammonia-water solution with ammonia as the refrigerant and water as the absorbent, research has been devoted to improvement of the performance of ammonia-water absorption refrigeration systems in recent years. In this paper the performances of the ammonia-water and possible alternative cycles as ammonia-lithium nitrate, ammonia-sodium thiocyanate, monomethylamine-water, R22-DMEU, R32-DMEU, R124-DMEU, R152a-DMEU,R125-DMEU, R134a-DMEU, trifluoroethanol (TFE)-tetraethylenglycol dimethylether (TEGDME), methanol-TEGDME and R134a-DMAC are compared in respect of the coefficient of performance (COP) and circulation ratio (f). The highest COP and the lowest f, were found as a function of the generator, condenser, absorber and evaporating temperature