THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Salek Malaine

,

Mohamed Charia

,

Najib Ababssi

,

Jilali Dardouch

,

Abdellah Boulal

ADVANCED EXERGETIC STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF RECTIFICATION AND DISTILLATION ON ABSORPTION REFRIGERATORS

ABSTRACT
In this paper, an advanced exergetic study is carried out to improve the exergy efficiency and minimize the exergy losses of an absorption refrigerator. Two thermal processes based on rectification and distillation were proposed to meet this critical requirement. A numerical simulation model was established in the FORTRAN language, building on the analytical Gibbs free energy equations. This model was validated from a thermodynamic point of view by previously published results. Preliminary results showed that when the efficiency of the absorber and boiler is increased, the vapors produced by the boiler become enriched in ammonia, and the overall exergy efficiency increases, which reduces considerably the irreversibility of the components of the studied absorption system. A comparative study of the effect of these two thermal processes on the overall exergy efficiency and total exergy losses was evaluated simultaneously. The results show that the refrigerator with a distiller has a higher exergy efficiency (ηex = 24.37% at 86°C), and at the same time has a lower total exergy loss (Exl,tot = 457.45 kW) than the refrigerator with a rectifier (ηex = 22.34% at 85°C; Exl,tot = 532.37 kW). This study reveals that the distillation process can contribute more to the exergy improvement and exergy loss minimization of the studied absorption refrigerator than the rectification process.
KEYWORDS
Exergetic study, Absorption refrigerator, exergy efficiency, Exergetic losses, Rectification, distillation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2022-04-02
PAPER REVISED: 2022-07-11
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-07-18
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2022-10-08
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI220402147M
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE Issue 2, PAGES [1597 - 1610]
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