Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks

In this study, ammonia vapor absorption with NH3/LiNO3 was assessed using correlations derived from a semi-empirical model, and artificial neural networks (ANNs). The absorption process was studied in an H-type corrugated plate absorber working in bubble mode under the conditions of an absorption ch...

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Amaris, Carlos
Alvarez, Maria E.
Bourouis, Mahmoud
Vallès, Manel
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Bubble absorption
Plate heat exchanger
Advanced surfaces
Heat and mass transfer correlations
Semi-empirical model
Artificial neural networks
Ammonia
Lithium nitrate
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dc.title.spa.fl_str_mv Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
title Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
spellingShingle Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
Bubble absorption
Plate heat exchanger
Advanced surfaces
Heat and mass transfer correlations
Semi-empirical model
Artificial neural networks
Ammonia
Lithium nitrate
title_short Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
title_full Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
title_fullStr Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
title_full_unstemmed Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
title_sort Performance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networks
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Amaris, Carlos
Alvarez, Maria E.
Bourouis, Mahmoud
Vallès, Manel
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Amaris, Carlos
Alvarez, Maria E.
Bourouis, Mahmoud
Vallès, Manel
dc.subject.spa.fl_str_mv Bubble absorption
Plate heat exchanger
Advanced surfaces
Heat and mass transfer correlations
Semi-empirical model
Artificial neural networks
Ammonia
Lithium nitrate
topic Bubble absorption
Plate heat exchanger
Advanced surfaces
Heat and mass transfer correlations
Semi-empirical model
Artificial neural networks
Ammonia
Lithium nitrate
description In this study, ammonia vapor absorption with NH3/LiNO3 was assessed using correlations derived from a semi-empirical model, and artificial neural networks (ANNs). The absorption process was studied in an H-type corrugated plate absorber working in bubble mode under the conditions of an absorption chiller machine driven by low-temperature heat sources. The semi-empirical model is based on discretized heat and mass balances, and heat and mass transfer correlations, proposed and developed from experimental data. The ANN model consists of five trained artificial neurons, six inputs (inlet flows and temperatures, solution pressure, and concentration), and three outputs (absorption mass flux, and solution heat and mass transfer coefficients). The semi-empirical model allows estimation of temperatures and concentration along the absorber, in addition to overall heat and mass transfer. Furthermore, the ANN design estimates overall heat and mass transfer without the need for internal details of the absorption phenomenon and thermophysical properties. Results show that the semi-empirical model predicts the absorption mass flux and heat flow with maximum errors of 15.8% and 12.5%, respectively. Maximum errors of the ANN model are 10.8% and 11.3% for the mass flux and thermal load, respectively.
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8. Oronel, C.; Amaris, C.; Bourouis, M.; Vallès, M. Heat and mass transfer in a bubble plate absorber with NH3 /LiNO3 and NH3 /(LiNO3+ H2O) mixtures. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2013, 63. [CrossRef]
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11. Kang, Y.T.; Akisawa, A.; Kashiwagi, T. Analytical investigation of two different absorption modes: Falling film and bubble types. Int. J. Refrig. 2000, 23, 430–443. [CrossRef]
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17. Fernández-Seara, J.; Uhía, F.J.; Sieres, J. Analysis of an air cooled ammonia–water vertical tubular absorber. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2007, 46, 93–103. [CrossRef]
18. Kang, Y.T.; Christensen, R.N.; Kashiwagi, T. Ammonia-Water bubble absorber with a plate heat exchanger. Int. J. Refrig. 1998, 104, 956–966.
19. Lee, J.-C.; Lee, K.-B.; Chun, B.-H.; Lee, C.H.; Ha, J.J.; Kim, S.H. A study on numerical simulations and experiments for mass transfer in bubble mode absorber of ammonia and water. Int. J. Refrig. 2003, 26, 551–558. [CrossRef]
20. Cerezo, J.; Best, R.; Bourouis, M.; Coronas, A. Comparison of numerical and experimental performance criteria of an ammonia–water bubble absorber using plate heat exchangers. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53, 3379–3386. [CrossRef]
21. Wang, M.; He, L.; Infante Ferreira, C.A. Ammonia absorption in ionic liquids-based mixtures in plate heat exchangers studied by a semi-empirical heat and mass transfer framework. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2019, 134, 1302–1317. [CrossRef]
22. Sujatha, K.S.; Mani, A.; Srinivasa Murthy, S. Finite element analysis of a bubble absorber. Int. J. Numer. Methods Heat Fluid Flow 1997, 7, 737–750. [CrossRef]
23. Sujatha, K.S.; Mani, A.; Srinivasa, M.S. Analysis of a bubble absorber working with R22 and five organic absorbents. Heat Mass Transf. Stoffuebertragung 1997, 32, 255–259. [CrossRef]
24. Merrill, T.L.; Perez-Blanco, H. Combined heat and mass transfer during bubble absorption in binary solutions. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 1997, 40, 589–603. [CrossRef]
25. Terasaka, K.; Oka, J.; Tsuge, H. Ammonia absorption from a bubble expanding at a submerged orifice into water. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2002, 57, 3757–3765. [CrossRef]
26. Kim, J.-K.; Park, C.W.; Kang, Y.T. The effect of micro-scale surface treatment on heat and mass transfer performance for a falling film H2O/LiBr absorber. Int. J. Refrig. 2003, 26, 575–585. [CrossRef]
27. Elperin, T.; Fominykh, A. Four stages of the simultaneous mass and heat transfer during bubble formation and rise in a bubbly absorber. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2003, 58, 3555–3564. [CrossRef]
28. Suresh, M.; Mani, A. Heat and mass transfer studies on R134a bubble absorber in R134a/DMF solution based on phenomenological theory. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53, 2813–2825. [CrossRef]
29. Staicovici, M.D. A non-Equilibrium phenomenological theory of the mass and heat transfer in physical and chemical interactions: Part II—Modeling of the NH3 /H2O bubble absorption, analytical study of absorption and experiments. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2000, 43, 4175–4188. [CrossRef]
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spelling Amaris, Carlos2d666509cafda55db0520d6ba6a8cfccAlvarez, Maria E.e18d9ed972c647170b9ac3309c5add06300Bourouis, Mahmouda64d00532f47e110bb6fcc3256abfc61Vallès, Manel0ede95fada4dc34b0ee54daba592c8a13002020-11-12T17:32:16Z2020-11-12T17:32:16Z2020-08-201996-1073https://hdl.handle.net/11323/7275DOI: 10.3390/en13174313Corporación Universidad de la CostaREDICUC - Repositorio CUChttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/In this study, ammonia vapor absorption with NH3/LiNO3 was assessed using correlations derived from a semi-empirical model, and artificial neural networks (ANNs). The absorption process was studied in an H-type corrugated plate absorber working in bubble mode under the conditions of an absorption chiller machine driven by low-temperature heat sources. The semi-empirical model is based on discretized heat and mass balances, and heat and mass transfer correlations, proposed and developed from experimental data. The ANN model consists of five trained artificial neurons, six inputs (inlet flows and temperatures, solution pressure, and concentration), and three outputs (absorption mass flux, and solution heat and mass transfer coefficients). The semi-empirical model allows estimation of temperatures and concentration along the absorber, in addition to overall heat and mass transfer. Furthermore, the ANN design estimates overall heat and mass transfer without the need for internal details of the absorption phenomenon and thermophysical properties. Results show that the semi-empirical model predicts the absorption mass flux and heat flow with maximum errors of 15.8% and 12.5%, respectively. Maximum errors of the ANN model are 10.8% and 11.3% for the mass flux and thermal load, respectively.application/pdfengCorporación Universidad de la CostaCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Energieshttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/343784992_Performance_Assessment_of_an_NH3LiNO3_Bubble_Plate_Absorber_Applying_a_Semi-Empirical_Model_and_Artificial_Neural_NetworksBubble absorptionPlate heat exchangerAdvanced surfacesHeat and mass transfer correlationsSemi-empirical modelArtificial neural networksAmmoniaLithium nitratePerformance assessment of an NH3/LINO3 bubble plate absorber applying a semi-empirical model and artificial neural networksArtículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Textinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion1. Amaris, C.; Vallès, M.; Bourouis, M. Vapour absorption enhancement using passive techniques for absorption cooling/heating technologies: A review. Appl. Energy 2018, 231, 826–853. [CrossRef]2. Aggarwal, M.K.; Agarwal, R.S. Thermodynamic properties of lithium nitrate-ammonia mixtures. Int. J. Energy Res. 1986, 10, 59–68. [CrossRef]3. Infante Ferreira, C.A. Thermodynamic and physical property data equations for ammonia-lithium nitrate and ammonia-sodium thiocyanate solutions. Sol. Energy 1984, 32, 231–236. [CrossRef]4. Abdulateef, J.M.; Sopian, K.; Alghoul, M.A. Optimum design for solar absorption refrigeration systems and comparison of the performances using ammonia-water, ammonia-lithium nitrate and ammonia-sodium thiocyanate solutions. Int. J. Mech. Mater. Eng. 2008, 3, 17–24.5. Infante Ferreira, C.A. Operating characteristics of NH3–LiNO3 and NH3–NaSCN absorption refrigeration machines. In Proceedings of the 19th Int. Congr. Refrig, the Hague, The Netherlands, 20–25 August 1995; pp. 321–328.6. Ayala, R.; Frías, J.L.; Lam, L.; Heard, C.L.; Holland, F.A. Experimental assessment of an ammonia/lithium nitrate absorption cooler operated on low temperature geothermal energy. Heat Recover. Syst. CHP 1994, 14, 437–446. [CrossRef]7. Heard, C.L.; Ayala, R.; Best, R. An experimental comparison of an absorption refrigerator using ammonia/water and ammonia/lithium nitrate. In Proceedings of the International Sorption Heat Pump Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada, 17–20 September 1996; pp. 245–252.8. Oronel, C.; Amaris, C.; Bourouis, M.; Vallès, M. Heat and mass transfer in a bubble plate absorber with NH3 /LiNO3 and NH3 /(LiNO3+ H2O) mixtures. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2013, 63. [CrossRef]9. Amaris, C.; Bourouis, M.; Vallès, M. Effect of advanced surfaces on the ammonia absorption process with NH3 /LiNO3 in a tubular bubble absorber. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2014, 72. [CrossRef]10. Amaris, C.; Bourouis, M.; Vallès, M. Passive intensification of the ammonia absorption process with NH3/LiNO3using carbon nanotubes and advanced surfaces in a tubular bubble absorber. Energy 2014, 68, 519–528. [CrossRef]11. Kang, Y.T.; Akisawa, A.; Kashiwagi, T. Analytical investigation of two different absorption modes: Falling film and bubble types. Int. J. Refrig. 2000, 23, 430–443. [CrossRef]12. Castro, J.; Oliet, C.; Rodríguez, I.; Oliva, A. Comparison of the performance of falling film and bubble absorbers for air-cooled absorption systems. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2009, 48, 1355–1366. [CrossRef]13. Infante Ferreira, C.A. Combined momentum, heat and mass transfer in vertical slug flow absorbers. Int. J. Refrig. 1985, 8, 326–334. [CrossRef]14. Cerezo, J.; Best, R.; Romero, R.J. A study of a bubble absorber using a plate heat exchanger with NH3–H2O, NH3–LiNO3 and NH3–NaSCN. Appl. Therm. Eng. 2011, 31, 1869–1876. [CrossRef]15. Herbine, G.S.; Perez-Blanco, H. Model of an ammonia-water bubble absorber. ASHRAE Trans. 1995, 101, 1324–1334.16. Fernández-Seara, J.; Sieres, J.; Rodríguez, C.; Vázquez, M. Ammonia–water absorption in vertical tubular absorbers. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2005, 44, 277–288. [CrossRef]17. Fernández-Seara, J.; Uhía, F.J.; Sieres, J. Analysis of an air cooled ammonia–water vertical tubular absorber. Int. J. Therm. Sci. 2007, 46, 93–103. [CrossRef]18. Kang, Y.T.; Christensen, R.N.; Kashiwagi, T. Ammonia-Water bubble absorber with a plate heat exchanger. Int. J. Refrig. 1998, 104, 956–966.19. Lee, J.-C.; Lee, K.-B.; Chun, B.-H.; Lee, C.H.; Ha, J.J.; Kim, S.H. A study on numerical simulations and experiments for mass transfer in bubble mode absorber of ammonia and water. Int. J. Refrig. 2003, 26, 551–558. [CrossRef]20. Cerezo, J.; Best, R.; Bourouis, M.; Coronas, A. Comparison of numerical and experimental performance criteria of an ammonia–water bubble absorber using plate heat exchangers. Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 2010, 53, 3379–3386. [CrossRef]21. 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