Review of coupled heat and mass transfer studies in falling film absorbers: Modeling, experimental and thermodynamic approaches

A Mahamoudou, N Le Pierrès, J Ramousse - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Absorption machines are frequently used for cooling and heating. However, they must be
improved to achieve high performance at a lower cost. Being a key component of these …

Numerical analysis of multistage ultrasonic atomization enhanced ammonia-water falling film absorption

R Gu, R Zhou, S Gao, H Guo, S Li, Y Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The absorption refrigeration system is a widely used system that utilizes waste heat and is
environmentally friendly. However, many current systems still suffer from challenges such as …

Investigating the performance of heat exchangers in absorption heat pump systems using both numerical and experimental methods

Z Wu, Y Jiang, Y Wang, S You, H Zhang, S Liu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve better heating efficiency and lower CO 2 emission, this study has proposed an
air source absorption heat pump system with a tube-finned evaporator, a vertical falling film …

Modeling and experimental verification of the enhancement of TiO2 nanofluid on ammonia falling film absorption process

R Zhou, M Wang, Z Jin, S Li - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The energy efficiency of absorption refrigeration system is restricted by the absorption rate of
absorber. Nanofluid is widespread applied to enhance the absorber performance, because …

Parameters optimization of the parallel and series mode ultrasonic atomizer on the ammonia-water absorption system

R Zhou, R Gu, M Wang, L Qin, S Li, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of the ammonia-water absorption refrigeration systems is limited by the
absorption effect of the absorber. Installing atomizer at the absorber can significantly enlarge …

Thermophoretic enhancement for fine ash particle capture in a corrugated falling-film channel

Z Chen, J Zhu, Y Peng, J Li, J Ge - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
An innovative corrugated falling-film channel was proposed for industrial fly ash capture. To
take advantage of the thermophoretic effect, the low-grade waste heat can be utilized to …

Modelling and experimental validation of an in-tube vertical falling film absorber with counter flow arrangement of solution and gas

M Aminyavari, M Aprile, L Pistocchini… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, an in-tube vertical falling film absorber with gas and falling film in
counter-current flow arrangement, which utilizes NH 3− H 2 O pair as the working fluid, has …

Numerical analysis of the enhancement of ammonia-water falling film absorption process by atomized equipment

R Zhou, M Wang, Y He, AKB Hassan, S Li - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a typical absorption device, falling film absorber has a significant effect on the
performance of the ammonia water absorption refrigeration system. In this paper, a novel …

Investigation of water vapour absorption into wavy falling films by developing a fully coupled interface tracking finite volume method

S Vakilipour, R Hekmatkhah - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2022 - Elsevier
Steady and unsteady two-phase gas-liquid flows are simulated to investigate the absorption
characteristics of LiBr falling film. A fully coupled arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian interface …

An equation-oriented novel approach for modeling the falling film absorber using rigorous thermodynamic and transport description

LPS Rosa, KV Pontes, GMN Costa, AT Penteado… - … Research and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Falling liquid films are largely employed in heat and mass transfer processes in a variety of
industrial systems, including absorption processes using NH 3 and H 2 O as working fluid …