Optimal performance of a combined absorption and ejector refrigerator

Goktun S.

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol.40, no.1, pp.51-58, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0196-8904(98)00114-9
  • Journal Name: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.51-58
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The performance of a combined absorption and ejector refrigerator for which the only irreversibility results from the finite rate of heat conduction is studied. A steady flow approach of finite time thermodynamics is applied to calculate the optimum coefficient of performance (COP). The combined cycle gives an increase of about 40% in the COP compared to that of an absorption cycle. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.