Simulation of an air conditioning absorption refrigeration system in a co-generation process combining a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

I. Pilatowsky; R. J. Romero; C. A. Isaza; S. A. Gamboa; W. Rivera; P. J. Sebastian; J. Moreira

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.03.016

Simulation of an air conditioning absorption refrigeration system in a co-generation process combining a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

I. Pilatowsky
, R. J. Romero
, C. A. Isaza
, S. A. Gamboa
, W. Rivera
, P. J. Sebastian
, J. Moreira

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Abstract

In this work, a computer simulation program was developed to determine the optimum operating conditions of an air conditioning system during the co-generation process. A 1 kW PEMFC was considered in this study with a chemical/electrical theoretical efficiency of 40% and a thermal efficiency of 30% applying an electrical load of 100%. A refrigeration-absorption cycle (RAC) operating with monomethylamine-water solutions (MMA-WS), with low vapor generation temperatures (up to 80 °C) is proposed in this work. The computer simulation was based on the refrigeration production capacity at the maximum power capacity of the PEMFC. Heat losses between the fuel cell and the absorption air conditioning system at standard operating conditions were considered to be negligible. The results showed the feasibility of using PEMFC for cooling, increasing the total efficiency of the fuel cell system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3174-3182
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	32
Issue number	15 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.03.016
State	Published - Oct 2007

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Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support received from PROMEP—UAEMOR—PTC73 and CONACYT through the Grant CIAM 42146 to carry out this work.

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Keywords

Absorption refrigeration system
Co-generation
PEM fuel cell system

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Pilatowsky, I., Romero, R. J., Isaza, C. A., Gamboa, S. A., Rivera, W., Sebastian, P. J., & Moreira, J. (2007). Simulation of an air conditioning absorption refrigeration system in a co-generation process combining a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32(15 SPEC. ISS.), 3174-3182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.03.016

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Simulation of an air conditioning absorption refrigeration system in a co-generation process combining a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. / Pilatowsky, I.; Romero, R. J.; Isaza, C. A. et al.
In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 32, No. 15 SPEC. ISS., 10.2007, p. 3174-3182.

Research output: Contribution to scientific journal › Article in an indexed scientific journal › peer-review

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