Proposal and analysis of a high-efficiency combined desalination and refrigeration system based on the LiBr-H2O absorption cycle-Part 1: System configuration and mathematical model

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Wang, Yongqing ^a   Lior, Noam ^b  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption refrigeration heat pump; Cogeneration; Combined cycles; Integrated refrigeration and desalination; Multi effect evaporation water desalination; Refrigeration water desalination; System

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER FILTRATION;

COGENERATION; COMBINED CYCLE; MULTI-EFFECT EVAPORATION DESALINATIONS; MULTI-EFFECT EVAPORATIONS; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SYSTEM; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; WATER DESALINATION;

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION;

EID: 80054747839     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.06.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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