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Dr Asmaa A Harraz

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

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@article{Harraz:2019:10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.284,
author = {Harraz, AA and Freeman, J and Wang, K and Mac, Dowell N and Markides, CN},
doi = {10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.284},
journal = {Energy Procedia},
pages = {2360--2365},
title = {Diffusion-absorption refrigeration cycle simulations in gPROMS using SAFT-γ Mie},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.284},
volume = {158},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Diffusion-absorption refrigeration (DAR) is a clean thermally-powered refrigeration technology that can readily be activated by low- to medium-grade renewable heat. There is an ongoing interest in identifying or designing new working fluids for performance improvement, particularly in solar applications with non-concentrating solar collectors providing heat at temperatures < 150 °C. In this work, the state-of-the-art statistical associating fluid theory (SAFT) is adopted for predicting the thermodynamic properties of suitable DAR working fluids. A first-law thermodynamic analysis is performed in the software environment gPROMS for a DAR cycle using ammonia as the refrigerant, water as the absorbent and hydrogen as the auxiliary gas. The simulation results show good agreement with experimental data generated in a prototype DAR system with a nominal cooling capacity of 100 W. In particular, at a charge pressure of 17 bar and when delivering cooling at 5 °C, the model results agree with experimental COP data to within ± 7 % over a range of heat inputs from 150 to 500 W. The maximum coefficient of performance (COP) is estimated to be 0.24 at a heat input of 250 W. The group-contribution SAFT-γ Mie equation of state is of particular interest as it offers good agreement with experimental data and provides flexibility in extending the model to test different working fluids with a high degree of fidelity. A methodology is also presented that allows the DAR thermodynamic analysis and working-fluid modelling to be integrated into a more general technology optimisation framework.
AU  - Harraz,AA
AU  - Freeman,J
AU  - Wang,K
AU  - Mac,Dowell N
AU  - Markides,CN
DO  - 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.284
EP  - 2365
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1876-6102
SP  - 2360
TI  - Diffusion-absorption refrigeration cycle simulations in gPROMS using SAFT-γ Mie
T2  - Energy Procedia
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.284
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62203
VL  - 158
ER  -
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