Modeling water/lithium bromide absorption chillers in ASPEN Plus

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4197-4205

  Somers, C ^a   Mortazavi, A ^a   Hwang, Y ^a   Radermacher, R ^a   Rodgers, P ^b   Al Hashimi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Absorption chiller modeling; Absorption chillers; ASPEN plus; Energy efficiency; Waste heat utilization

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PLANTS; REFRIGERATORS; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

ABSORPTION CHILLER MODELING; ABSORPTION CHILLERS; ASPEN PLUS; CYCLE MODEL; CYCLE PARAMETERS; DOUBLE EFFECTS; MODELING DATA; MODELING PROCEDURE; OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OTHER APPLICATIONS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; WATER/LITHIUM BROMIDE;

ABSORPTION COOLING;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BROMINE; COOLING; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS INDUSTRY; LITHIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL INDUSTRY;

EID: 79959857349     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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