The absorption heat transformer is widely used to utilize low-temperature waste heat in the field of distributed energy,industrial processing,and long-distance indoor heating,because it can upgrade energy level and de...The absorption heat transformer is widely used to utilize low-temperature waste heat in the field of distributed energy,industrial processing,and long-distance indoor heating,because it can upgrade energy level and deliver heat to heated medium.In this work,an experimental system of a vertical single-stage LiBr/H2O absorption heat transformer was established to study its performance in the case of producing high-temperature water or low-pressure steam generation under different heating water flow rates.The useful output heat,coefficient of performance,exergy coefficient of performance,and gross temperature lift of the single-stage heat transformer have all been tested.The results show that the absorber cannot directly generate low-pressure steam under the condition of counter-flow heat exchange but can obtain more useful output heat.The largest useful output heat is 20.3 kW,which is higher than that in the case of parallel-flow heat exchange.The generation of low-pressure steam has certain requirements on the mode of heat transfer.The largest internal gross temperature lift of 28.1℃corresponds to the smallest coefficient of performance of 0.22 when the heating water flow rate is 2.1 m3/h.The performance of the single-stage absorption heat transformer can be improved to some extent by increasing the heating water flow rate.展开更多
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National KeyR&D Program of China(No.2018YFBO905103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51806213)+1 种基金the Beijing Key Laboratory of Distributed Combined Cooling Heating and Power SystemGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Distributed Energy Systems(No.2017DESO5).
文摘The absorption heat transformer is widely used to utilize low-temperature waste heat in the field of distributed energy,industrial processing,and long-distance indoor heating,because it can upgrade energy level and deliver heat to heated medium.In this work,an experimental system of a vertical single-stage LiBr/H2O absorption heat transformer was established to study its performance in the case of producing high-temperature water or low-pressure steam generation under different heating water flow rates.The useful output heat,coefficient of performance,exergy coefficient of performance,and gross temperature lift of the single-stage heat transformer have all been tested.The results show that the absorber cannot directly generate low-pressure steam under the condition of counter-flow heat exchange but can obtain more useful output heat.The largest useful output heat is 20.3 kW,which is higher than that in the case of parallel-flow heat exchange.The generation of low-pressure steam has certain requirements on the mode of heat transfer.The largest internal gross temperature lift of 28.1℃corresponds to the smallest coefficient of performance of 0.22 when the heating water flow rate is 2.1 m3/h.The performance of the single-stage absorption heat transformer can be improved to some extent by increasing the heating water flow rate.
