Heat transfer coefficients in two phase flow for the water/lithium bromide mixture used in solar absorption refrigeration systems

This paper describes the experimental results obtained from the heat transfer in saturated nucleate boiling for the water/lithium bromide mixture flowing upward in a uniformly heated vertical tube, which is the generator of a solar absorption refrigeration system. The concentration range for the mixture was from 48 to 56 wt.% Plots of local and average heat transfer coefficients are shown against solution concentration, heat flux and the temperature difference between the wall tube and the fluid. It was observed that the average heat transfer coefficients increased for the mixture with an increase of the heat flux and with the decrease of the solution concentration and the temperature difference. The average heat transfer coefficients varied from 1.0 to 4.0 kW/m2 °C.