Two-phase flow modelling of a solar concentrator applied as ammonia vapor generator in an absorption refrigerator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2064-2076

  Ortega, N ^a   Garcia Valladares O ^b   Best, R ^b   Gomez V H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absorption refrigeration; Ammonia water mixture; Compound parabolic concentrator; CPC; Direct vapor generation; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; AMMONIA-WATER MIXTURE; COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (CPC); DIRECT VAPOR GENERATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

AMMONIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; COOLING; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 42149105670     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.11.016     Document Type: Article

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