Experimental and numerical study of a falling film absorber in an ammonia-water absorption chiller

Autor: Sylvain Bonnot, Hélène Demasles, Maxime Perier-Muzet, Delphine Triché, François Boudéhenn, Nadia Caney
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux (LITEN), Institut National de L'Energie Solaire (INES), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels [Grenoble] (LEGI ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Procédés, Matériaux et Energie Solaire (PROMES), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 111, pp.374-385. ⟨10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.008⟩
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, 2017, 111, pp.374-385. ⟨10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.008⟩
ISSN: 0017-9310
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.008⟩
Popis: International audience; In this paper,experimental and numerical studies of heat and mass transfer in a falling film absorber are presented. The investigated absorber is a plate heat exchanger used ina falling film configuration. The ammonia-water solution flows in a falling film mode along the plates. The vapour flows co-current with the falling film and the coolant fluid is in a counter-current flow with the falling film. A prototype of ammonia-water absorption chiller isused to experimentally study the absorber behaviour in real operating conditions. Amacro study of the absorber and a local analysis deduced from local temperatures measurements along the falling film are presented. A numerical model and a simulation tool aredeveloped in order to complete the experimental investigations.The associatednumerical parametric studyaims to separatethe coolant mass flow rate impact.The model is validated with experimental dataand a maximal relative error of 15 % is observedbetween experimental and numerical results. The results of this study suggest that during the absorption process,mass transfers are controlled by the falling film mass transfer resistance and that the liquid-side heat transfer resistance is negligible.
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