Absorption Refrigeration

Abstract: Due to the international attempt to find alternative energies, absorption refrigeration has become a prime system for many cooling applications. Where thermal energy is available the absorption refrigerator can very well substitute the vapour compression system. It is a well-known fact that a large amount of heat energy associated with the exhaust gases from an engine is wasted. A rough energy balance of the available energy in the combustion of fuel in a motor car engine shows that one third is converted into shaft work, one third is lost at the radiator and one third is wasted as heat at the exhaust system. Even for a relative small car-engine, 15 kW of heat energy can be utilized from the exhaust gas. This heat is enough

More generally, air conditioning can refer to any form of technological cooling, heating, ventil An air conditioner (often referred to as air con, AC or A/C, and not to be confused with the abbreviation for alternating current) is a major or home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to change the air temperature and humidity within an area (used for cooling and sometimes heating depending on the air properties at a given time). The cooling is typically done using a simple refrigeration cycle, but sometimes evaporation is used, commonly for comfort cooling in buildings and motor vehicles. In construction, a complete system of heating, ventilation and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC".

EXPERIMENTAL IC ENGINE

In an IC engine, fuel (usually petrol or diesel) is combusted inside the cylinder due to which the piston moves outward and rotates the crank, and hence the engine produces work. In IC engines the combustion of the fuel produces heat, which is converted to mechanical work using the piston and crank arrangement. From the heat produced from combustion of fuel only 30% (approx) of heat is converted into useful mechanical work. The remaining heat energy is wasted into the atmosphere in the form of:

(i) Heat carried away by the cooling water,

(ii) Heat taken away by the exhaust gases,

(iii) Heat carried away by the lubricating oil,

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