second-law analysis to improve the energy efficiency of screw liquid chillers第二定律分析来提高螺旋液体冷却装置的能源效率.pdfVIP

Entropy 2010, 12, 375-389; doi:10.3390/ OPEN ACCESS entropy ISSN 1099-4300 /journal/entropy Article Second-Law Analysis to Improve the Energy Efficiency of Screw Liquid Chillers Tzong-Shing Lee Department of Energy and Refrigerating Air-Conditioning Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan; E-Mail: tslee@.tw Received: 1 January 2010; in revised form: 2 February 2010 / Accepted: 1 March 2010 / Published: 4 March 2010 Abstract: This work applies the second-law analysis of thermodynamics to quantify the exergy destruction of the components of screw liquid chiller, and to identify the potential for each component to contribute to improve the overall energy efficiency of the system. Three screw liquid chiller units were built to demonstrate the feasibility of the model presented herein. Unit A was a 100 RT water-cooled screw liquid chiller. Unit B was modified from Unit A by switching the old condenser for a new one with a greater heat transfer, and Unit C was modified from Unit B by exchanging the compressor for a more efficient one. The results indicate that the compressor has the largest potential to improve energy efficiency, followed in order by the condenser, and then the evaporator. The second law analysis may help engineers to focus on the components with higher exergy destruction and quantify the extent to which modifying such components can influence, favorably