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    Absorption Chiller

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    The document summarizes the operation of an absorption chiller. It uses water as the refrigerant and lithium bromide as the absorber. At low pressures, water can boil at low temperatures to provide cooling. The lithium bromide absorbs the water vapor in the evaporator, creating low pressure for evaporation. Heat is added in the generator to separate the water and concentrated lithium bromide. The concentrated solution then absorbs more water in the evaporator, repeating the cooling cycle with minimal energy input compared to the heat removed.

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    Absorption Chiller

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    The document summarizes the operation of an absorption chiller. It uses water as the refrigerant and lithium bromide as the absorber. At low pressures, water can boil at low temperatures to provide cooling. The lithium bromide absorbs the water vapor in the evaporator, creating low pressure for evaporation. Heat is added in the generator to separate the water and concentrated lithium bromide. The concentrated solution then absorbs more water in the evaporator, repeating the cooling cycle with minimal energy input compared to the heat removed.

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    The document summarizes the operation of an absorption chiller. It uses water as the refrigerant and lithium bromide as the absorber. At low pressures, water can boil at low temperatures to provide cooling. The lithium bromide absorbs the water vapor in the evaporator, creating low pressure for evaporation. Heat is added in the generator to separate the water and concentrated lithium bromide. The concentrated solution then absorbs more water in the evaporator, repeating the cooling cycle with minimal energy input compared to the heat removed.

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    Absorption Chiller

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    The document summarizes the operation of an absorption chiller. It uses water as the refrigerant and lithium bromide as the absorber. At low pressures, water can boil at low temperatures to provide cooling. The lithium bromide absorbs the water vapor in the evaporator, creating low pressure for evaporation. Heat is added in the generator to separate the water and concentrated lithium bromide. The concentrated solution then absorbs more water in the evaporator, repeating the cooling cycle with minimal energy input compared to the heat removed.

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    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    Written by: Ir. Tan Yoke Lee


    MIEM, MiFire-E
    yokeleetan71@gmail.com
    linked in ir. yokelee tan
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • This graph shows


    that at very low
    pressure, water
    can be made to
    boil at very low
    temperature.
    • This is the basis
    of how
    refrigerant cycle
    works to remove
    heat from cold
    indoor to hot
    outdoor by
    changing the
    pressure.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • In absorption chiller, the


    refrigerant used is water
    and the most common
    absorber used is lithium
    bromide solution.
    • There are 4 cycles,
    namely the water
    refrigerant cycle, the
    lithium bromide cycle
    and the condenser water
    cycle, the hot water
    cycle.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • At very low pressure of


    0.8kPa, the water can boil
    at 5 degree Celsius. The
    boiling process will remove
    latent heat of
    vapourisation from the chill
    water going into the
    evaporator.
    • The low pressure in the
    evaporator is caused by the
    lithium bromide absorber
    agent absorbing the water,
    making it into dilute
    lithium bromide solution.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • The diluted lithium bromide


    solution will be pumped
    back to the heat generator
    via heat exchanger to take
    up heat from the
    concentrated lithium
    bromide solution. Here
    further heat is added from
    hot water produced from
    solar pv or from waste heat
    generation.
    • The diluted solution
    separates to water and
    lithium bromide concentrate
    in the heat generator.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • The concentrated lithium


    bromide produced in the
    heat generator will be
    pumped to the evaporator
    via heat exchanger to remove
    heat from the concentrated
    solution. Heat is discharged
    to the cooling tower.
    • In the evaporator the
    concentrated lithium
    bromide solution now at
    lower temperature will
    absorb the refrigerant water
    again to create the low
    pressure condition.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER

    • The separated refrigerant


    water in the heat
    generator will flow back
    to the evaporator.
    • In evaporator the water
    will be pumped up via
    nozzles to enhance the
    absorption process and
    to create a low pressure
    condition for evaporation
    of water.
    • The cycle repeats.
    BASIS OF OPERATION OF ABSORPTION CHILLER
    • Assuming that heat input to the
    generator is free, the cop of the
    absorption chiller would be = (energy
    consumed by the absorption chiller /
    heat removed from the chilled water)
    • The energy consumed by the
    absorption chiller will be from the
    pumps.
    • Of course in addition to energy
    consumed by the chiller, there is also
    the energy consumed by cooling
    tower and pump and hot water
    pump.
    • Presuming the energy consumed by
    chiller is very small compared to
    cooling tower, it would be wise to
    choose the chiller plant that requires
    least heat output to cooling tower for
    a certain heat removal rate from the
    chilled water.

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