Subcooled and saturated boiling of ammonia-lithium nitrate solution in a plate-type generator for absorption machines

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 17-18, 2012, Pages 4914-4922

  Venegas, M ^a   Zacarias A ^b   Vereda, C ^a   Lecuona, A ^a   Ventas, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Absorption chillers; Ammonia lithium nitrate solution; Fusion plate heat exchanger; Heat transfer; Plate generator; Saturated boiling; Subcooled boiling

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHILLERS; NITRATE SOLUTIONS; PLATE GENERATOR; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; SUB-COOLED BOILING;

AMMONIA; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHIUM; NUCLEATE BOILING; NUSSELT NUMBER; VAPORS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84862129216     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.04.061     Document Type: Article

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