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Ammonia Water Absorption Refrigeration

Ammonia Water Absorption Refrigeration

Ammonia Water Absorption Refrigeration

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I am investigating installing ~ 900 tons of refrig. on the gulf coast. The unit would be used to cool air / condense water from several air compressor suction feeds. I am looking for 35-38 F. We have lots of waste heat available either as 25 psig steam or 120 F hot water. Thus it seems that absorption refrig might be a good candidate to use. In addition, we have had some bad experience with LiBr machines at another site so we would want to avoid them. A real plus is that we handle anhydrous and aqueous ammonia within 100 feet of the a/c so deinventory is a sinch.

With all that said, I have two questions:
1. Is there any reason, except for footprint and possibly cost, that we could not use air coolers vs water coolers for the condenser and absorber? Any experience with air coolers in this set up?

2. I have searched the web and found Lewis "AAAR" as a vendor, but seemingly no one else in the US. Any others that you could suggest? Seems like there should be more but maybe I had misled the search engine.

Thanks in advance for your help and advice!

    Ray

RE: Ammonia Water Absorption Refrigeration

There is a company in Europe with a lot of experience in the ammonia absorption refrigeration field, you can lok at www.colibri-bv.com

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