Comparison between the performances of a bubble pump generator with inlets configurations

Bella Gurevich, Michael Jelinek, Irene Borde, Avi Levy

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Abstract

The compressor or a mechanical pump of traditional refrigeration cycles is replaced by the bubble pump that circulates the binary working fluid in the diffusion absorption refrigeration (DAR) cycle. The bottleneck of the DAR cycle is the bubble pump, and its performance is determined by the amount of separated refrigerant that leaves the bubble pump. This work investigated the influence of the structure of the generator on the amount of desorbed refrigerant in a bubble pump system, with three parallel lifting tubes. Two modular experimental systems were designed to characterize the performance of three parallel bubble pump lift tubes with an environmentally-friendly binary solution of R134a-DMAC. The difference between the systems was in the design of the generator. One generator had three inlets and three outlets, and another one had a common inlet and three outlets. All other operating conditions remained the same. The results showed that an experimental system containing three inlets to the generator, produced more refrigerant than the system containing a common inlet.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering, MCM 2016
PublisherAvestia Publishing
ISBN (Print)9781927877272
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016
EventProceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering, MCM 2016 - Budapest, Hungary
Duration: 22 Aug 201623 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering
ISSN (Electronic)2369-8136

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 2nd World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering, MCM 2016
Country/TerritoryHungary
CityBudapest
Period22/08/1623/08/16

Keywords

  • Binary solution
  • Bubble pump
  • DAR cycle
  • Multiple lift tubes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • General Chemical Engineering

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