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Numerical and experimental investigation of a vertical LiBr falling film absorber considering wave regimes and in presence of mist flow
García Rivera, Eduardo; Castro González, Jesús; Farnós Baulenas, Joan; Oliva Llena, Asensio
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Màquines i Motors Tèrmics; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CTTC - Centre Tecnològic de la Transferència de Calor
The absorber represents the most critical component in absorption systems and one of the key issues. In this component complex heat and mass transfer phenomena during the absorption process takes place simultaneously. For this reason the development of mathematical models validated against experimental data always constitutes useful tools for the design and improvement of falling film absorbers. A testing device has been designed and built to reproduce absorption phenomena in vertical LiBr-H2O falling film absorbers with the primary objective to obtain experimental data. On the other hand, a mathematical model of falling film absorption of H2O vapour in LiBr aqueous solutions has been implemented. Wave regime is considered by including and solving the Free Surface Deflection Equation. The numerical results are validated using the experimental data. During the development of this work, the authors have paid careful attention to the verification of experimental data. Such verification consists of performing energy and mass balances in the fluid film side. Important discrepancies were found in our experimental data. Therefore, an extensive study was carried out in order to find the source of such errors. The conclusion is that there is a drag of LiBr solution in the water vapour which increases with the Re number. This mist flow cannot be measured experimentally, but can be evaluated in an indirect way. The mathematical models have been adapted in order to consider the influence of mist flow. On the other hand, in the literature there are not many experimental works related to falling film absorbers which expose enough information to verify the reliability of their experimental data.
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Tecnologia energètica
-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids
-Heat--Transmission
-Evaporation
-Mass transfer
-Fluid dynamics
-Absorption
-LiBr
-Vertical falling film
-Wavy regime
-Numerical
-Experimental
-Calor--Transmissió
-Evaporació
-Transferència de massa
-Dinàmica de fluids
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