Orientador: José Ricardo Figueiredo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T20:30:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Reis_MaxMauroLozerdos_M.pdf: 8423703 bytes, checksum: 5b452213e84aa4386f6d9f3291cae840 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho foi realizado um conjunto de simulações numéricas de diferentes sistemas de bombas de calor em diferentes condições de funcionamento, para atender simultaneamente às demandas do ar condicionado e do consumo de água quente em edifício. Foram consideradas na proposta deste trabalho duas máquinas independentes, uma bomba de calor responsável pelo aquecimento e um ciclo de refrigeração para resfriamento da água. Além disso, foi investigado a possibilidade de empregar os efeitos de aquecimento e resfriamento de uma única bomba de calor padrão, duas bombas de calor em cascata e um sistema com dois estágios de compressão com separador de gás flash. Para estas alternativas fez-se necessária a complementação da energia térmica através de uma bomba de calor auxiliar para atender a demanda total de água quente e fria e os desempenhos dos sistemas de bombas de calor foram comparados através de uma análise energética. Um programa em ambiente MATLAB® foi desenvolvido e envolveu relações termodinâmicas e de transferência de calor para os sistemas de bombas de calor e sistema de distribuição de água quente e fria para o edifício, a fim de aproximar o funcionamento dos sistemas reais. Utilizaram-se ferramentas como o método de Substituição-Newton-Raphson, para a solução dos problemas em regime permanente, e que também foi utilizado juntamente com o método de Euler para resolução em condições variáveis ao longo de 24 horas. Os resultados confirmaram a viabilidade energética ao utilizar bombas de calor, podendo obter para o efeito de aquecimento de água uma economia de até 72% no consumo de energia elétrica, quando comparado ao chuveiro elétrico. Através dos resultados também foi possível observar que o sistema de bomba de calor com separador de gás flash desempenha sua função de forma mais eficiente, energeticamente, quando comparado ao sistema padrão e em cascata / Abstract: In this work it was realized a set of numerical simulations of different heat pump systems in different operation conditions to meet simultaneously the demands of air conditioning and hot water consumption in a building. It was considered in propose this work two independent machines, a heat pump responsible for heating and a refrigeration cycle responsible for cooling water. Moreover, it was explored the possibility to employ the both effects, heating and cooling, of a standard heat pump, two heat pumps in cascade and a system with two compression stages with a flash gas separator. For the last alternatives it was necessary complementary thermal energy through an auxiliary heat pump to meet the total demand of hot and cool water. The performance of the heat pump systems was compared through an energetic analysis. A program in MATLAB® was developed involving of thermodynamic and heat transfer relations for the heat pumps and water distribution systems in the building with purpose to approach the real system operation. Moreover, the method Substitution-Newton-Raphson was used to solve the problems in steady state and this method together with Euler method were used to solve in variable conditions throughout 24 hours of the day. The results confirmed the energetic feasibility using heat pump systems. These systems will be able to save up to 72% in energy consumption using heating effect comparing to an electric shower. Furthermore, the system with flash gas separator it works of more way energetically efficient than other systems as a standard and a cascade systems / Mestrado / Termica e Fluidos / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Orientador: José Vicente Hallak d'Angelo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T08:54:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Araujo_HugoValenca_M.pdf: 2457535 bytes, checksum: cf5a800ee51a5605b7d2cd69248ef52c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A refrigeração e o condicionamento de ar representam um campo tecnológico em potencial para a adoção de medidas de economia de eletricidade. Nesse sentido, Sistemas de Refrigeração por Absorção (SRAs) figuram como uma opção interessante por serem adequados à produção de frio mediante um gasto significativamente menor de energia elétrica em comparação a Sistemas de Refrigeração por Compressão Mecânica (SRCMs) de vapor. Com a finalidade de gerar o efeito de refrigeração, o SRCM realiza uma compressão mecânica de vapor à custa do consumo de trabalho elétrico em um compressor; em contrapartida, a compressão no SRA é de natureza termofísica/química e promovida por energia térmica. No segmento de açúcar e álcool brasileiro, a etapa determinante da produção de etanol a partir da cana consiste na fermentação alcoólica do mosto em dornas. Tal etapa é exotérmica e, uma vez que a elevação descontrolada da temperatura desfavorece a produção de álcool, há a necessidade de remover o calor gerado por meio do resfriamento do meio em fermentação. Dessa forma, o objetivo geral do presente trabalho foi simular e analisar o desempenho termodinâmico (energético, COP, e exergético, ?ex) de SRAs com diferentes configurações, trabalhando com o par água/brometo de lítio (H2O/LiBr) e que satisfaçam a carga de refrigeração demandada por um processo fermentativo. Adicionalmente, um dos objetivos específicos foi investigar o risco de ocorrência da cristalização do LiBr, a qual resulta em depósitos, com o auxílio da curva de equilíbrio sólido-líquido (solubilidade) do par H2O/LiBr. As análises dos efeitos de variáveis de projeto e operação (realizadas no software Engineering Equation Solver - EES) demonstraram que os valores de COP das configurações de SRAs de duplo efeito são significativamente maiores do que aquele da configuração de simples efeito; no entanto, as eficiências exergéticas de todas as configurações são equiparáveis, o que pode ser atribuído à quantidade e à qualidade da energia térmica consumida nos respectivos geradores de primeiro efeito. Baixos desempenhos de Segunda Lei são devidos principalmente ao absorvedor, pois esse equipamento apresenta os maiores defeitos de eficiência em todos os SRAs estudados. Adicionalmente, avaliou-se a dependência do desempenho termodinâmico quanto às efetividades de trocadores de calor intermediários, a diferenças de pressão operacional e à cessão direta de calor externo a geradores de segundo efeito. Entre outros resultados, observou-se a existência de máximos do COP e da ?ex em função da temperatura no gerador de primeiro efeito. No que se refere à possibilidade de precipitação do LiBr, verificou-se menor iminência no SRA de duplo efeito com fluxo em paralelo. Em particular, observou-se que aumentos excessivos da temperatura no gerador de primeiro efeito, além de não favorecerem o desempenho termodinâmico, tornam o risco de cristalização do LiBr mais significativo / Abstract: Refrigeration and air conditioning represent a potential technological field for the adoption of measures to save electricity. In this way, Absorption Refrigeration Systems (ARSs) are an interesting option because they are suitable for the production of cold utilities with a significantly lower cost of electric power compared to Mechanical Compression Refrigeration Systems (MCRSs). In order to generate the cooling effect, the MCRS performs a mechanical vapor compression at the expense of the consumption of electrical work in a compressor. On the other side, the nature of the compression in ARSs is thermo physical/chemical and this process is promoted by thermal energy. In the Brazilian sugar and ethanol industry, the main stage of ethanol production from sugarcane is the alcoholic fermentation in vats. This stage is exothermic and since the uncontrolled elevation of temperature results in disadvantages to the ethanol production, it is necessary to remove the heat generated by the cooling of the fermentation medium. Thus, the general objective of this study was to simulate and analyze the thermodynamic performance (energy, COP, and exergy, ?ex) of ARSs with different configurations, working with the water/lithium bromide (H2O/LiBr) mixture, and satisfying the cooling load demanded by a fermentation process. Additionally, one of the specific objectives was to investigate the risk of LiBr crystallization, resulting in deposits, with the aid of the solid-liquid equilibrium (solubility) curve of the H2O/LiBr mixture. Analyses of the effects of design and operating variables (executed in the software Engineering Equation Solver - EES) have shown that the values of COP of the double effect configurations are significantly greater than that of the simple effect configuration; however, the exergetic efficiencies of all configurations are comparable, which can be attributed to the quantity and the quality of the energy consumed in the respective first effect generators. Low Second Law performances are mainly due to the absorber because this equipment has the highest efficiency defects in all ARSs studied. Additionally, it was evaluated the dependence of the thermodynamic performance regarding to the effectivenesses of intermediate heat exchangers, the differences in operating pressures and the direct supply of external heat to second effect generators. Among other findings, it was observed the existence of maximums of COP and ?ex as functions of the temperature in the first effect generator. With regard to the possibility of LiBr precipitation, it was verified lower imminence in the double effect ARS with parallel flow. In particular, it was observed that excessive rises in the temperature in the first effect generator, besides not favor the thermodynamic performance, makes the risk of LiBr crystallization more significant / Mestrado / Sistemas de Processos Quimicos e Informatica / Mestre em Engenharia Química

Interest in indirect (secondary) refrigeration systems has grown since the discovery of the negative effect of environmentally hazardous refrigerants and leakage problems from direct expansion systems. Among the positive effects of indirect systems are: decreased quantities of primary refrigerant, factory built units and confinement of refrigerant to the machine room. Ground source heat pumps, ice rink and indirect system solutions for supermarket refrigeration are examples where indirect refrigeration systems are being used in Sweden. The secondary fluids circulating in the secondary systems are of great interest as its choice can affect heat transfer process; the overall performance of system; corrosion problems and maintenance costs as well as acceptable risks for the environment in case of leakage from the secondary system. A secondary fluid should have low viscosity, high thermal conductivity, high volumetric heat capacity, low freezing point, be non-corrosive, non-explosive, non-flammable, environmentally friendly, non-toxic, give low pressure drop in the system, have good material compatibility, chemically stable and have low cost. The market for secondary fluids worldwide and in Sweden is complex and a comprehensive overview of the available secondary fluids has not been available. The purpose of this thesis is to compile most of the existing secondary fluids on the Swedish market and present them briefly in this report. Different brands of secondary fluids on the Swedish market based on ethylene and propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, potassium formate, potassium acetate, calcium chloride and other blends are presented in the thesis. Some of the most common brands are: Eco MPG, Dowcal 200, Dowcal N, Zitrec FC, Zitrec LC, Antifrogen L, Frigogel Neo, Heliogel CS80, Brineol MPG, Glytherm 20, Zitre MC, Dowcal 100, Antifrogen N, Neutragel Neo, Brineol MEG, Glytherm 10, Antifrogen Sol HT, Freezium, Hycool, Antifrogen KF, Brine 25, Swedbrine 25, Brenntag KBS, Brineol Bioethanol, E-Therm KBS Bio, Thermol, Zitrec S, Temper, Pekasol 50, Pekasol 2000, Greenway RTU, Greenway Heat Pump -30, greenway Solar -30, Thermera R and Thermera AC. Additionally, it is important to underline that a permit for installation of ground source heat pumps in Sweden is required. Swedish laws and regulations regarding secondary fluids and ground source heat pumps are complex and difficult to overview on municipalities’ levels.

Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) as secondary fluids is very popular as heat transfer fluid for indirect refrigeration system with ground source heat pump systems (GSHP) in several countries such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Finland and other European countries. There have been several researches about the future ofthe refrigeration sector, refrigerants and refrigeration systems. Moreover, strict regulations such as F-gasregulation and Kigali Amendment forcing a phase down of many current widely used high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, i.e. R134a or R410A. Therefore, secondary refrigeration systems and their working fluids are expected to play a key role in order to minimize the refrigerant charge in the systems, reduce the indirect refrigerant leakages as well as increase the safety during operation. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effect different additives to increase the flame point together with ethanol-based secondary fluids and validate their thermophysical properties by comparing them with reference values for pure ethanol water solutions. The study aims to design a new commercial ethyl alcohol-based product for GSHP system that could replace existing ones in the Swedish market and could workwith natural or flammable low GWP refrigerants. Different high flash point additives were tested such as 1-propyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, glycerol andpropylene carbonate. Thermophysical properties were investigated and a GSHP model in Excel was created in order to assess the energy performance of the resulted blends. After screening different blends and assessing the energy performance, glycerol as additive in low concentration seems to be the future for the ethyl alcohol-based secondary fluids because of its high flashpoint (160ºC) that will reduce the flammability risk associated to ethyl alcohol blends, the low viscosity (by 12% lower compared to pure ethyl alcohol blends) that help reduce pumping power by 4.5% compared topure ethyl alcohol blends. Moreover, ethyl alcohol and glycerol blend showed the lost in heat transfer coefficient by 4% lower compared to pure ethyl alcohol blends due to lower thermal conductivity compared to pure ethyl alcohol blends. Finally, it is a rather cheap and natural product which has no problem related to corrosion since ethyl alcohol and glycerol are less corrosive than water. Although, flash point test was not conducted so there is no data regarding the flash point, it is expected the flash point is increased due to the high flash point of glycerol compared to ethyl alcohol or other possible additives. Therefore, it is expected that the flammability risk associated to ethyl alcohol-based secondary fluids is reduced. / Etylalkohol (etanol) som köldbärare är mycket populärt som värmeöverföringsvätska för indirekt kylsystemmed bergvärmepumpsystem (BVP) i Sverige, Norge, Schweiz, Finland och andra europeiska länder. Fleraundersökningar har gjorts om kylsektorns framtid, köldmedier och kylsystem. Dessutom strängaförordningar som F-gas förordning och Kigali- förordning tvingar en utfasning av många nuvarande allmäntanvända köldmedier med den höga globala uppvärmningspotentialen (GWP), dvs. R134a eller R410A. Därför förväntas det att kylsystem och deras köldbärare spela en nyckelroll för att minimera köldmediumsmängd i systemen, minska de indirekta köldmedieläckage och öka säkerheten under drift. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka effekten av olika tillsatser för att öka flammanpunkten tillsammans med etanolbaserade köldbärare och validera deras termofysikaliska egenskaper genom att jämföra dem med referensvärden för rena etanolvattenlösningar. Studien syftar till att utforma en nykommersiell etylalkoholbaserad produkt för BVP-system som skulle kunna ersätta befintliga produkter på den svenska marknaden och kan arbeta med naturliga eller brandfarliga köldmedier med låg GWP. Olika tillsatser med hög flampunkt testades såsom 1-propylalkohol, n-butylalkohol, glycerol och propylenkarbonat. Termofysikaliska egenskaper undersöktes och en BVP-modell i Excel skapades för att bedöma energiprestanda för olika blandningarna. De erhållna resultaten för olika blandningar visar att glycerol i en låg koncentration som tillsats kan vara framtidens additiv för de etylalkoholbaserade köldbärare på grund av dess höga flampunkt (160 ºC) som förmodligen kan minska brandrisken för etylalkoholblandningar. Dessutom hade glycerol och etanolblandningar den lägsta viskositeten (c.a.12% lägre jämfört med ren etylalkoholblandningar) som bidrar tillen minskning av pumpeffekten med c.a. 4,5% jämfört med rena etylalkoholblandningar. Däremot visade etylalkohol och glycerol blandningen c.a. 4% lägre värmeöverövergångstal jämfört med de rena etylalkoholblandningar på grund av lägre värmeledningsförmåga jämfört med ren etylalkoholblandningar. Slutligen är glycerol en ganska billig och naturlig produkt som inte har några korrosionsproblem eftersom etylalkohol och glycerol är mindre frätande än vatten. Även om flampunkttest inte genomfördes i projektet, förväntas det att flampunkten ökas lite på grund av den höga flampunkten av glycerol jämfört med etylalkohol och andra tillsatser. Därför förväntas det att brännbarhetsrisken förknippad med etylalkoholbaserade köldbärare reduceras.

The study looks at heat recovery of a refrigeration system in a supermarket where the heat was supplied to apartments in the same building. Such a system requires cooperation between the supermarket owner and the property owner, with both having different motives. By gaining understanding of each other's needs and obligations, cooperation can become easier to achieve, with a result that is more optimal for both actors. Heat recovery for use within the supermarkets has existed for a long time, though supplying the heat to other actors is not as common. Using CO2 as refrigerant is becoming more popular in supermarket refrigeration systems, which allows for achieving higher temperatures in recovered heat, enabling use in radiator systems or for preheating domestic hot water. In lack of other cooling solutions, the supermarket studied in the project had previously used municipal water for cooling of the condenser in the refrigeration system, which is a costly solution that does not utilize the heat. The amount of heat that can be recovered was estimated and compared to the varied amount of heat demand in the supermarket and the rest of the property over a year. Findings show that heat recovery from the refrigeration system create considerable cost savings for both the supermarket owner and the property owner, despite still requiring cooling with municipal water during summer. Financial compensation for delivered heat is difficult to argue for at moment, though it may become relevant if new solutions for cooling of the refrigeration system are proved to be feasible. / Se filen

Interest in utilizing solar-driven refrigeration systems for air-conditioning or refrigeration purposes has grown continuously. Solar cooling is com-prised of many attractive features and is one path towards a more sus-tainable energy system. Compared to solar heating, the cooling load, par-ticularly for air-conditioning applications, is generally in phase with solar radiation. The objective of this thesis is to establish a fundamental basis for further research and development within the field of solar cooling. In this thesis, an overview of possible systems for solar powered refrigeration and air-conditioning systems will be presented. The concept of the ‘Solar Cool-ing Path’ is introduced, including a discussion of the energy source to the collector, and choice of cooling cycle to match cooling load. Brief infor-mation and comparisons of different refrigeration cycles are also pre-sented. The performance of solar cooling systems is strongly dependent on local conditions. The performance of a solar divan air-conditioning system in different locations will therefore be compared in this thesis. Solar cooling systems can be efficiently operated in locations where sufficient solar ra-diation and good heat sink are available. A solar-driven ejector refrigeration system has been selected as a case study for a further detailed investigation. A low temperature heat source can be used to drive the ejector refrigeration cycle, making the system suitable for integration with the solar thermal collector. Analysis of the solar driven ejector system is initiated by steady state analysis. System performance depends on the choice of working fluid (refrigerant), oper-ating conditions and ejector geometry. Results show that various kinds of refrigerants can be used. Also, thermodynamic characteristics of the re-frigerant strongly influence the performance of the cycle. An ejector re-frigeration cycle using natural working fluids generates good perform-ance and lower environmental impact, since traditional working fluids, CFC’s and HFC’s are strong climate gases. Further on, exergy analysis is used as a tool in identifying optimum operating conditions and investi-gating losses in the system. Exergy analysis illustrates that the distribu-tion of the irrervsibilities in the cycle between components depends strongly on the working temperatures. The most significant losses in the system are in the solar collector and ejector. Losses in the ejector pre-dominate over total losses within the system. In practice, the cooling load characteristic and solar radiation are not constant. Therefore, a dynamic analysis is useful for determining the characteristics of the system during the entire year, and dimensioning the important components of the solar collector subsystem, such as storage tanks. The final section of the thesis will deal with the ejector, the key compo-nent of the ejector refrigeration cycle. Characteristics of the actual ejector are shown to be quite complicated and its performance difficult to de-termine solely through theoretical analysis. Suggested design procedures and empirical equations for an ejector are offered in this thesis. Prelimi-nary test results for one fixed ejector dimension using R134a as the re-frigerant are also included. / QC 20100916

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-07-25T23:39:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLOS EDUARDO DA SILVA ALBUQUERQUE – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGEM) 2017.pdf: 4080439 bytes, checksum: 940fff54d861725d16972dec4bb0ee8c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-25T23:39:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLOS EDUARDO DA SILVA ALBUQUERQUE – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGEM) 2017.pdf: 4080439 bytes, checksum: 940fff54d861725d16972dec4bb0ee8c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-17 / CNPq / Esta pesquisa apresenta uma análise energética e exergética de uma unidade de refrigeração de água gelada de grande porte, chamada chiller. O refrigerador em estudo realiza o ciclo termodinâmico de refrigeração com auxílio de um compressor mecânico, usualmente acionado por um motor elétrico, de forma a aumentar a pressão em determinada fase do ciclo termodinâmico do sistema, o que gera um alto consumo de energia elétrica. Com avanço da tecnologia, a cada dia surgem novos tipos de compressores que possuem um menor consumo de energia e melhoram o desempenho da unidade como um todo. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar os comportamentos energético e exergético, baseados respectivamente na primeira lei e na segunda lei da termodinâmica, de um chiller que fornece água gelada e trabalha com um compressor tipo parafuso. Este estudo foi realizado baseando-se no comportamento real de um chiller de compressão de vapor, instalado em um shopping da região de João Pessoa-PB. Através de simulação numérica, foi possível avaliar o comportamento do equipamento com a mudança de alguns dos parâmetros normais de trabalho, como pressões de condensação e evaporação, temperatura s de condensação e evaporação e fluido refrigerante. Neste estudo, são apresentados dados do desempenho do equipamento em função das pressões do evaporador e do compressor, da temperatura de evaporação, entre outros parâmetros. Os resultados das simulações, realizadas com auxilio do software EES, mostraram que o desempenho da unidade melhora ao diminuir a variação de pressão entre o condensador e o evaporador e que as eficiências energética e exergética sofrem um acréscimo com o aumento da temperatura de evaporação e uma redução com a elevação da temperatura de condensação. / This research presents energetic and exergetic analysis of a water refrigeration unit, called Chiller. The Chiller under study performs the thermodynamic cycle of the refrigeration with the assistance of a mechanical compressor, usually triggered by an electric motor, in order to increase the pressure in a certain stage on the thermodynamic cycle of the system, which generates high energy consumption. However, with the advance of the technology, every day emergs new types of compressors that have lowest energy consumption and improves the performance of the unit as a whole. The purpose of this work is to evaluate both e nergetic and exergetic behavior, of a chiller that provides cold water and works with a screw type compressor, based on the first and second laws of thermodynamics . This study was based on the actual behavior of a steam compression chiller from a mall in the city of João Pessoa-PB. Through numerical simulation, it was possible to evaluate the behavior of the equipment with the change of some of the normal parameters of work, as condensation and evaporation pressures, condensation and evaporation temperature and refrigerant fluid. In this study, the performance of the equipment data is presented as a function of the evaporator and compressor pressures, the evaporation temperature and other parameters. The results of the simulations, that were realized with support of software EES, showed that the unit performance was improved by decreasing the pressure variation between condenser and the evaporator and also has proved that the energetic and exergetic efficiences are increased by raising the evaporation temperature and a reduction happens by increasing the condensation temperature.

Orientador: Silvia Azucena Nebra de Perez / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T16:10:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PalaciosBereche_Reynaldo_M.pdf: 8960679 bytes, checksum: a6e8e552788d00fa0fb258923ebe13a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Neste trabalho e feita uma revisão em relação à participação do gás natural na matriz energética mundial, brasileira e no Estado de São Paulo. Características do setor terciário, assim como da utilização do gás natural neste setor de consumo, são apresentadas também na primeira parte. Foi feita uma revisão das tecnologias de utilização de gás natural no setor terciário, assim como da tecnologia dos sistemas de refrigeração por absorção, das diferentes configurações do ciclo, e dos fluidos de trabalho utilizados neste tipo de sistema. Uma metodologia para o calculo da exergia da solução água brometo de lítio, comumente utilizada como fluido de trabalho em sistemas de refrigeração por absorção para condicionamento de ambientes, foi elaborada. Para a realização das analises exegética e exergoeconomica do sistema foi realizado o calculo da exergia total dos fluidos de trabalho considerando as parcelas de exergia química e física. A analise exegética compreendeu o calculo da irreversibilidade em cada componente do sistema assim como da total. Na ultima parte do trabalho foi realizada a analise termodinâmica, exegética e exergoeconomica do sistema de refrigeração por absorção de simples e duplo efeito H2O/LiBr, considerando como fontes de aquecimento um sistema de queima direta de gás natural e energia de rejeito de um sistema de cogeração. Os resultados são comparados e discutidos / Abstract: A review about the participation of the natural gas in the energetic matrix was done in this work, considering the scope international, Brazilian and the Sao Paulo State. Characteristics of the tertiary sector and the natural gas utilization in this consumption sector are also presented. A review about the technologies of utilization of natural gas in the tertiary sector was also done. In the following part, the technology of absorption refrigeration systems, different configurations of the cycle and working fluids were reviewed. A methodology for the exergy calculation of the lithium bromide ¿ water solution was elaborated. The lithium bromide ¿ water solution is widely utilized as working fluid in absorption refrigeration system for air conditioning. The exergy calculation takes in account the chemical and physical parcel of the exergy, which is important to realize the exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of the system. In the last part of the work it was done a thermodynamic, exergetic and exergoeconomic analysis of the absorption refrigeration system H2O/LiBr of single and double effect. The exergetic analysis included the irreversibility calculation in each component and the total irreversibility of the system. Two different energy sources were considered: direct heating through natural gas combustion and the utilization of rejected energy in a cogeneration system. The different results were compared. / Mestrado / Mestre em Planejamento de Sistemas Energéticos

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a natural, low cost refrigerant with good thermo-physical properties. CO2 is a good alternative for replacing HFC refrigerants that possess high global warming potential and reducing the direct impacts of refrigeration systems on the environment. However, CO2 refrigeration systems operate at relatively high condenser/gas cooler pressures and this imposes special design and control considerations. The gas cooler is a very important part of the system and can have significant influence on its performance. In sub-critical operation, good gas cooler/condenser design can reduce the condenser pressure and delay switching to supercritical operation which increases system efficiency. In supercritical operation optimum design and control can enable the system to operate at pressures that maximise system efficiency. In air cooled systems, gas coolers/condensers are of the finned-tube type. This type of heat exchanger is well established in the HVAC and refrigeration industries. The large changes in the CO2 properties in the gas cooler, however, during supercritical operation impose special design and manufacturing considerations. This research project considered the influence of the unique heat transfer characteristics of CO2 on the design and performance of finned tube air cooled condensers/gas coolers for CO2 refrigeration applications. A combined experimental and modelling approach using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was employed. A CO2 condenser/gas cooler test facility was developed for the experimental investigations. The facility employs a ‘booster’ hot gas bypass CO2 refrigeration system, with associated condenser/gas cooler test rig and evaporator load simulation facility. A series of experimental tests were carried out with two gas coolers which incorporated horizontal and horizontal-vertical slit fins and was obtained adequate experimental data concerning gas cooler performance. CFD modelling was used to study the performance of the gas coolers. The model was validated against test results and was shown to predict the air outlet temperature and heat rejection of the gas cooler with an accuracy of within ±5%. The model was subsequently used to evaluate the effect of a fin slit between the 1st and 2nd row of tubes of the gas cooler as well as a vertical slit on the 1st row before the last tube of the section. The results showed a 6%-8% increase in the heat rejection rate of the gas cooler compared to the performance without the horizontal slit. The vertical slit in the fin of the last tube has resulted in an additional increase in heat rejection over and above that for the horizontal slit of 1%-2%. CFD modelling was also used to investigate the variation of the refrigerant side, air side and overall heat transfer coefficient along the heat exchanger. The results showed that the refrigerant heat transfer coefficient increases with the decreasing of bulk refrigerant temperature and reaches its maximum when the specific heat of the refrigerant is highest. Furthermore, increasing the refrigerant mass flux, increases the refrigerant side heat transfer coefficient and heat rejection. This can reduce the size of the gas cooler for a given capacity at the expense of higher pressure drop and compressor power consumption. Air side and overall heat transfer coefficient correlations were developed for the specific gas cooler designs which were investigated and showed the heat transfer coefficients increase with increasing Reynolds Number.

Sweden has 350 ice rinks in operation which annually use approximately 1000 MWh each. Therefrigeration system usually accounts for about 43 % of the total energy consumption which is the largestshare of the major energy systems. Besides improving the facilities one-by-one, it is important todistinguish common features that will indicate the potential energy saving possibilities for all ice rinks.More than 97 % of the Swedish ice rinks use indirect refrigeration systems with a secondary fluid.Moreover, the thermo-physical properties of secondary fluids directly impact the heat transfer andpressure drop. Thus, assessing and quantifying their influence on the refrigeration system performance isimportant while estimating the energy saving potential for the ice rinks.A theoretical model as well as two case studies focusing on the importance of the secondary fluid choiceare investigated. The theoretical model calculations are performed assuming the steady-state conditionsand considering a fixed ice rink design independently on the secondary fluid type. Hence, they can becompared on the same basis. According to this theoretical model, the refrigeration efficiency rankingstarting from the best to the worst for secondary fluid is: ammonia; potassium formate; calcium chloride;potassium acetate; ethylene glycol; ethyl alcohol; and propylene glycol. Secondary fluids can be ranked inexactly the same order starting from the lowest to the highest value in terms of the dynamic viscosity. Itwas shown that potassium formate has the best heat transfer properties while ammonia leads to the lowestpressure drops and pumping power. Propylene glycol shows the worst features in both cases. Ammoniaand potassium formate show respectively 5% and 3% higher COP than calcium chloride for typical heatloads of 150 kW. When controlling the pump over a temperature difference ΔT, the existence of theoptimum pump control or optimum flow was highlighted. For common heat loads of 150 kW thisoptimum pump control ΔT is around 2,5 K for calcium chloride while it is around 2 K for ammonia. It isshown that the secondary fluids having laminar flow in the ice rink floor pipes have a larger share in theconvection heat transfer resistance (~20-25 %) than the secondary fluids experiencing turbulent flow (~3%).One of the case studies shows a potential energy saving of 12 % for the refrigeration system whenincreasing the freezing point of the secondary fluid. An energy saving of 10,8 MWh per year was foundfor each temperature degree increase in the secondary fluid freezing point.