A combined thermal power and cooling cycle proposed by Goswami is under intensive investigation, both theoretically and experimentally. The proposed cycle combines the Rankine and absorption refrigeration cycles, producing refrigeration while power is the primary goal. A binary ammonia-water mixture is used as the working fluid. This cycle can be used as a bottoming cycle using waste heat from a conventional power cycle or as an independent cycle using low temperature sources such as geothermal and solar energy. Initial parametric studies of the cycle showed the potential for the cycle to be optimized for first or second law efficiency, as well as work or cooling output. For a solar heat source, optimization of the second law efficiency is most appropriate, since the spent heat source fluid is recycled through the solar collectors. The optimization results verified that the cycle could be optimized. Theoretical results were extended to include realistic irreversibilities in the cycle, in preparation for the experimental study.
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Novel Combined Power and Cooling Thermodynamic Cycle for Low Temperature Heat Sources, Part I: Theoretical Investigation
Gunnar Tamm,
e-mail: gunnar@ufl.edu
Gunnar Tamm
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
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D. Yogi Goswami,
e-mail: goswami@ufl.edu
D. Yogi Goswami
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
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Shaoguang Lu,
Shaoguang Lu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
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Afif A. Hasan
Afif A. Hasan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birzeit University, P.O. Box 14, Birzeit, Palestinian Authority, Via Israel
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Gunnar Tamm
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
e-mail: gunnar@ufl.edu
D. Yogi Goswami
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
e-mail: goswami@ufl.edu
Shaoguang Lu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116300, Gainesville, FL 32611-6300
Afif A. Hasan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birzeit University, P.O. Box 14, Birzeit, Palestinian Authority, Via Israel
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Energy Division, June 2002; final revision, January 2003. Associate Editor: K. Den Braven.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2003, 125(2): 218-222 (5 pages)
Published Online: May 8, 2003
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June 1, 2002
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January 1, 2003
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May 8, 2003
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Tamm, G., Goswami, D. Y., Lu, S., and Hasan, A. A. (May 8, 2003). "Novel Combined Power and Cooling Thermodynamic Cycle for Low Temperature Heat Sources, Part I: Theoretical Investigation ." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. May 2003; 125(2): 218–222. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1564576
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