In the present study, exhaust gases from Tehran refinery crude oil furnace are used in a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)for generating steam. Then, the steam is directed to a double effect absorption refrigeration cycle to produce cooling. To meet the object, mass and energy balance equations of the coupling is carried out for both the HRSG and the absorption chiller and unknown thermodyna...

An adsorption system driven by solar heat or waste heat can help to eliminate the use of ozone depletion substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). In recent years, adsorption system has witnessed an increasing interest in many fields due to the fact that this system is quiet, long lasting, cheap to maintain and environmentally benign. Although adsorpt...

The most critical problem in the world is to meet the energy demand, because of steadily increasing energy consumption. Refrigeration systems` electricity consumption has big portion in overall consumption. Therefore, considerable attention has been given to refrigeration capacity modulation system in order to decrease electricity consumption of these systems. Capacity modulation is used to mee...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life costing (LCC) are innovative tools based on an approach allowing to investigate the environmental economic burdens of a product or service throughout its lifecycle. Although usually carried out individually, their integration in comprehensive analysis could provide substantial asset every kind decision-making procedures. In this study, sustainability newly d...

Carbon dioxide is a safe, economic and environmentally sustainable refrigerantwhich can be used in heat pump and refrigeration systems. Research into the performance and benefits of a transcritical heat pump cycle using carbon dioxide began in the early 1990s. Theoretical and experimental research, as well as commercial system development, has improved transcritical system performance to a leve...

As one of the earliest natural refrigerants, CO2 has a lot of unique advantages, such as zero ODP, negligible GWP, excellent heat transfer coefficient, high volumetric capacity, non-toxicity, non-flammability, and cost effectiveness. Since it was proposed to applying in the mobile air-conditioning, the transcritical CO2 cycle has been attracting great attentions to replace CFC and HCFC refriger...

In a refrigeration cycle, some of the oil circulates and resides in cycle components. The worst scenario of oil circulation in the cycle is where a large amount of oil is retained outside the compressor. High oil retention causes system performance and reliability degradations. The purpose of this study is to experimentally clarify oil retention and pressure drop characteristics due to the pres...

A finite-time generic model to describe the behavior of real refrigeration systems is discussed. The model accounts for finite heat transfer rates, heat leaks, and friction as different sources of dissipation. The performance characteristics are cast in terms of cooling rate (r) versus coefficient of performance (w). For comparison purposes, various types of refrigeration/heat pump systems are ...