Aspects regarding the use of recovered energy for air conditioning

Abstract

In the paper the authors analyze the possibility of using the energy recovered from combustion gases, for air cooling. The objective is to evaluate the thermal potential of combustion gases from a cogeneration plant with a 3 MW electric power, located in Buzau. The monitoring data for the cogeneration system shows that the average flue gas temperature at the exit to the atmosphere is 125° C and the mass flow rate of the combustion gases is 18351 kg/h. The thermal potential of combustion gases isused for the preparation of hot water at 85°C for the operation of a LiBr-H2O solution absorption plant. Finally, the authors present a comparative study between the classic cooling system using chiller with mechanical vapor compression (VCM) and the absorption plant supplied by recovered energy from the cogeneration system, high lighting the advantage of the proposed trigeneration system.