A Novel Development of Vapor Absorption Air-Conditioning System using Engine Exhaust Heat

Abstract

With the exponential rise in population, energy crisis has reached the pinnacle in the present scenario. Hence, motivation to shift towards utilization of waste heat recovery has become a necessity now a days. This work deals with the development of single effect ammonia absorption air -conditioning system of 1.5 TR using waste heat from IC engine exhaust. The automobile exhaust waste heat is taken as source for generator heat input and the performance of the system was calculated. The system was run on a daily basis for 2 hours and variation in the performance of the system was plotted. The exhaust system was developed by using an exhaust pipe of an automobile where the heat was supplied through gas cylinder .Initially the maximum temperatures generated in an actual engine were calculated and based on those calculations the model was heated up to that temperatures and the system was made to run on trial. When the system produced us with the desired effect the performance was calculated and the variation in performance was plotted. Hence, here an aim is made towards the development of sustainable energy model air-conditioning system where the dual advantage of reduced energy consumption and ozone depleting refrigerants are avoided. If properly implemented this research would provide a breakthrough in the field of waste heat utilization and development of energy-controlled usage of air conditioning systems.

Cite as

J. Siddhartha Yadav, Ch. Manikanteswar Rao, & N.S.C Chaitanya. (2020). A Novel Development of Vapor Absorption Air-Conditioning System using Engine Exhaust Heat. Research and Applications of Thermal Engineering, 3(3), 1–5. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4288230