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IEA SHC Task 38 Solar Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Subtask C1 Report, 31 October 2010
Trane, USA, produce hot-water absorption chillers, single stage from 112 to 1350 tons and
two-stage from 380 to 1650 tons.
(ref: www.trane.com/commercial/literaturesearchresults.aspx)
Entropie, France, is an engineering company with expertise in the design of absorption
chillers using Li Br. (www.entropie.com/en/about/ ).
York, USA, produce single-stage absorption chillers from 120 to 1380 tons two-stage chillers
from 200 to 700 tons. (ref:
www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en/products/building_efficiency/integrated_hvac_syste
ms/Industrial___Commercial_HVAC_Equipment/chiller_products.html )
ROTARTICA, Spain, are using rotation techniques to increase the efficiency of the
absorption cycle, thereby reducing the size of the appliance and allowing it to be installed
without the need for a cooling tower. They build a single-effect system specifically for solar
application that gives a cooling power of 4.5 kW (in terms of solar cooling) with a COP of 0.7.
(ref: http://www.rotartica.com)
Broad, China, make two ranges of LiBr chillers:
(i) with a cooling capacity ranging from 233 to 11630 kW, with direct firing, as well as
steam, hot water and waste heat firing.
(ii) With a cooling capacity from 23 to 115kW, direct firing.
(ref: www.broad.com/english/include/en_index_pro.htm )
Carrier, USA, make LiBr chillers in the following configurations and sizes:
single-effect, steam fired 100 to 700 tons
single-effect hot water 75 to 525 tons
double-effect, direct fired 100 to 1500 tons
double-effect steam fired 98 to 1323 tons
(ref:www.commercial.carrier.com/commercial/hvac/general/0,,11_CLI1_DIV12_ETI1508_MI
D4369,00.html )
Century, South Korea, produce hot-water driven absorption chillers from 28 to 650 tons, COP
of 0.725; direct-fired two stage absorption chiller from 20 to 1500 tons, with crystallization
prevention function; two-stage steam absorption chiller with crystallization prevention
function from 70 to 1650 tons. (ref: www.century.co.kr:8080/product/in_wa_absorption.asp )
SolarNext have a 17.5kW LiBr chiller.
(ref: www.solair-project.eu/uploads/media/10_Jakob_SolarNext.pdf )
Ebara Refrigeration Equipment and Systems Co Ltd, Japan, make double-effect LiBr
absorption chiller from 528 to 2462, steam generated and single-effect hot water chillers from
158 to 1266 and single-effect steam or hot water from 334 to 5134 kW.
(ref: www.ers.ebara.com/en/product/tantai/1.html )
Thermax, India, produce steam driven single and double-effect LiBr chillers from 50 to 4000
tons, low temperature (75ºC-110ºC) hot water driven chillers from 10-1159 tons, medium
temperature (110ºC-150ºC) hot water driven from 100-2000 tons, high temperature (150ºC-
200ºC) hot water driven from 100-2000 tons, gaseous or liquid fuel driven from 40-1500 tons,
multi-energy (any combination of hot water, exhaust gases, fuel or steam) driven Vapor
Absorption Machine from 50-4000 tons.
(ref: www.thermxindia.com/v2/index.asp)
Hitachi, Japan, produce steam double-effect LiBr machines from 422kW to 2708 kW; direct
gas-fired double-effect from 527kW to 3165kW. (ref: www.hitachi-ap.com/acc/ref_v.html )
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