Aqua Absorption Turbine Inlet Cooler

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Erickson ◽  
Icksoo Kyung ◽  
G. Anand ◽  
E. E. Makar
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration ◽  
Ammonia Absorption

The emerging Distributed Energy Resources (DER) program envisions extensive use of small to midsize turbines for on-site power production. Their output decreases substantially at warm ambient conditions when it is most needed. Therefore inlet air cooling had received much scrutiny as a way to avoid this degradation. This study examines three approaches to inlet air cooling: evaporative cooling; mechanical vapor compression refrigeration; and waste heat powered absorption refrigeration. The benefits and limitations of each process were documented. Ammonia absorption refrigeration is shown to deliver the greatest benefit to continuosly operating turbines at very favorable installed and operating cost. The most economical process identified included an ammonia refrigeration cycle integrated directly into the combustion turbine cycle. This cycle was designed and modeled, and analyzed with ambient temperature conditions for six geographic areas (Boston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Phoenix, and Chicago). Annual benefits for each area are detailed.

scholarly journals Power Increase of Gas Turbines by Inlet Air Pre-Cooling With Absorption Refrigeration Utilizing Exhaust Waste Heat

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner F. Malewski ◽  
Günther M. Holldorff
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Exhaust Waste Heat ◽  
Ammonia Absorption ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration System ◽  
Gas Turbine Exhaust

Using heat energy from the tail-end of gas turbine exhaust, an ammonia absorption refrigeration system can precool the inlet air to a temperature slightly above the freezing point of the air humidity. The concept is described and shows how it indicates a significant increase of gas turbine power output, depending on ambient conditions.

scholarly journals Simulation of absorption refrigeration system for automobile application

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anand Ramanathan ◽  
Prabhakaran Gunasekaran
Keyword(s):  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration ◽  
Refrigeration System ◽  
Automotive Air Conditioning ◽  
Vapor Absorption ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration System ◽  
Vapor Absorption Refrigeration

An automotive air-conditioning system based on absorption refrigeration cycle has been simulated. This waste heat driven vapor absorption refrigeration system is one alternate to the currently used vapour compression refrigeration system for automotive air-conditioning. Performance analysis of vapor absorption refrigeration system has been done by developing a steady-state simulation model to find the limitation of the proposed system. The water-lithium bromide pair is used as a working mixture for its favorable thermodynamic and transport properties compared to the conventional refrigerants utilized in vapor compression refrigeration applications. The pump power required for the proposed vapor absorption refrigeration system was found lesser than the power required to operate the compressor used in the conventional vapor compression refrigeration system. A possible arrangement of the absorption system for automobile application is proposed.

scholarly journals Performance Assessment of Using Thermoelectric Generators for Waste Heat Recovery from Vapor Compression Refrigeration Systems

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 8192
Author(s):  
Alaa Attar ◽  
Mohamed Rady ◽  
Abdullah Abuhabaya ◽  
Faisal Albatati ◽  
Abdelkarim Hegab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Refrigeration Cycle ◽  
Thermoelectric Generators ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration

This article reports on an experimental analysis and performance assessment of using thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for waste heat recovery from residential vapor compression refrigeration systems. The analysis shows that there is a good opportunity for waste heat recovery using TEGs by de-superheating refrigerant after the compressor. Design and manufacturing of a de-superheater unit consisting of a tube and plate heat exchanger and thermoelectric generator modules (HE-TEGs) have been performed and integrated in an experimental test rig of R134a refrigeration cycle. Experimental assessment of the performance parameters, as compared to the basic refrigeration system, reveals that the overall coefficient of performance (COP) using HE-TEGs desuperheater unit increases by values ranging from 17% to 32% depending on the condenser and evaporator loads. Exergy analysis shows that the enhancement is attributed to reduction in the exergy destruction in the condenser and compressor due to lower values of condenser pressure and pressure ratio of the compressor. The output power of the HE-TEGs unit is found to be sufficient for driving the TEGs heat sinks air cooling fan, thus providing a passive de-superheating system without an additional external source of electricity. Further enhancement of the refrigeration cycle performance can be achieved by installation of additional HE-TEGs units.

scholarly journals Two-Stage Evaporative Inlet Air Gas Turbine Cooling

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1382
Author(s):  
Obida Zeitoun
Keyword(s):  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Gas Turbines ◽  
Evaporative Cooling ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Turbine Cooling ◽  
Riyadh City ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration ◽  
Gas Turbine Cooling

Gas turbine inlet air-cooling (TIAC) is an established technology for augmenting gas turbine output and efficiency, especially in hot regions. TIAC using evaporative cooling is suitable for hot, dry regions; however, the cooling is limited by the ambient wet-bulb temperature. This study investigates two-stage evaporative TIAC under the harsh weather of Riyadh city. The two-stage evaporative TIAC system consists of indirect and direct evaporative stages. In the indirect stage, air is precooled using water cooled in a cooling tower. In the direct stage, adiabatic saturation cools the air. This investigation was conducted for the GE 7001EA gas turbine model. Thermoflex software was used to simulate the GE 7001EA gas turbine using different TIAC systems including evaporative, two-stage evaporative, hybrid absorption refrigeration evaporative and hybrid vapor-compression refrigeration evaporative cooling systems. Comparisons of different performance parameters of gas turbines were conducted. The added annual profit and payback period were estimated for different TIAC systems.

Thermodynamic Analysis and Working Fluid Optimization of a Combined ORC-VCC System Using Waste Heat From a Marine Diesel Engine

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oumayma Bounefour ◽  
Ahmed Ouadha
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Marine Diesel ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration ◽  
Propylene Yield ◽  
Fluid Optimization ◽  
Propane Butane

This paper examines through a thermodynamic analysis the feasibility of using waste heat from marine Diesel engines to drive a vapor compression refrigeration system. Several working fluids including propane, butane, isobutane and propylene are considered. Results showed that isobutane and Butane yield the highest performance, whereas propane and propylene yield negligible improvement compared to R134a for operating conditions considered.

scholarly journals Experimental Analysis on Solid Desiccant Used in An Air Conditioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Ekadewi Anggraini Handoyo ◽  
Andriono Slamet ◽  
Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
Keyword(s):  
Silica Gel ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Vapor Compression ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle ◽  
Vapor Compression Refrigeration ◽  
Closed Door ◽  
Consumption Saving

Garden by The Bay in Singapore is the world’s largest coolest conservatories. Although it is located in tropics and uses so many glasses, its electricity consumption is as much as a commercial building. The key to this low consumption is in air cooling technology. Air used for cooling the conservatories is dehumidified first using liquid desiccants before cooled. The same technology was implemented to a single-split air conditioner (AC) that works on a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle. The experiments were conducted in a room with opened and closed door. Instead of using a liquid desiccant, the experiment used a solid desiccant, i.e., silica gel which thickness was 6 mm and 8 mm with density equals to 1.27 gr cm–3. From the experiment, it is found that: (i) the thicker the silica gel, the higher outlet air temperature from silica gel, (ii) less condensate will be produced when the silica gel used is thicker, (iii) silica gel is suitable for reducing humidity of outdoor/fresh air, and (iv) the electricity consumption saving for inserting 8 mm silica gel is only 4 % when the door is closed and 31 % when the door is opened.

Characterization of Ammonia–Water Absorption Chiller and Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopalakrishnan Anand ◽  
Donald C. Erickson ◽  
Ellen Makar
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Absorption Refrigeration ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Ammonia Absorption ◽  
Simple Equations

Ammonia-absorption refrigeration units (AARUS) can supply subfreezing refrigeration for many industrial applications. Such units are usually driven by waste heat or renewable energy at relatively low temperatures. The performance of the chiller is highly dependent on the temperatures of the driving heat, the chilling load, and the cooling water. In this paper, the performance of an advanced industrial-scale ammonia-absorption unit is modeled over a representative operating range. The performance is then characterized by a set of simple equations incorporating the three external temperatures. This simple model helps to evaluate potential applications, predict performance, and perform initial optimization. Case studies are presented highlighting the application of the model.

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