α–h Diagram and principle of exergy coupling of GAX cycle |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China;2. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Beijing, China;1. The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technology (CO2CRC), Australia;2. School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia;1. Laboratory of Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology Sciences, University of Brothers Mentouri, Constantine 25000, Algeria;2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Dumlupinar University, 43270 Kutahya, Turkey;1. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China;2. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China;1. Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy (CORE-RE), Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia;2. Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia;1. School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 92, West Dazhi Street, Harbin 150001, China;2. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, 92, West Dazhi Street, Harbin 150001, China |
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| Abstract: | Ammonia absorption chiller systems of a single-stage cycle and a Generator Absorber heat exchanger cycle (GAX) were simulated and studied. At heat source temperatures of TH = 120 °C, TM = 25 °C and TL = 5 °C, the coefficient of performances of the two cycles are 0.589 and 0.776, the GAX cycle is higher 31.8% than the single-stage cycle. And the exergy efficiencies of the two cycles are 15.4% and 27.4%, the GAX cycle is higher up to 77.9%. This paper proposes a new method that adopts the energy quality factor α as a evaluation criterion and also uses the α–h diagram as a thermodynamic analysis tool graphically, and a concept that divides absorption cycle to a heat pump subcycle and a heat engine subcycle. By means of the α–h diagram, the thermodynamic frameworks of the two cycles were illustrated. The comparison analysis indicates that the improvement of cycle performance depends on its thermodynamic perfectibility. In fact, the exergy demand of heat pump subcycle in the GAX cycle is as the same as that of the single-stage cycle, however, the energy cascading use and the exergy coupling framework of the heat engine subcycle in GAX cycle is retrofitted, so that the exergy consumption is reduced and the increased benefit is obtained from the overall cycle. |
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