JPH055574A - Absorption refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an absorption refrigerator in which waste of energy due to excess dilution is prevented and which has an excellent starting characteristic. CONSTITUTION:In an absorption refrigerator in which a solution cycle and a refrigerating cycle are formed, concentration and temperature of absorption solution are always sensed together during a pause of the solution cycle. As means for monitoring precipitation of a crystal of the absorption solution and means for diluting the solution to a predetermined concentration in response to its sensed signal, a conduit for connecting a refrigerant storage tank ST from a condenser C to an upper part of an evaporator E and from its liquid surface to the evaporator E, and a conduit connected from the bottom of the tank immediately before a solution pump SP through a valve SV2, are provided. Accordingly, energy conservations of a heat source and pump power are conducted, its starting characteristic is improved, and further delicate control can be performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an absorption refrigerating machine provided with means for preventing crystal precipitation in an absorbing solution even when the solution cycle is at rest.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional absorption refrigerating machine does not have a function of preventing crystal precipitation during its stoppage (stopping heating in a generator and pausing a solution cycle). Therefore, conventionally, when the machine is stopped, the refrigerant is moved to the absorption solution side to dilute the absorption solution, and the concentration at that time causes crystal precipitation even if the room temperature drops to the lowest temperature (approximately 0 ° C) throughout the year. A concentration that does not occur [about 56 in the case of lithium bromide (LiBr) -water system]
%] Is usually used. Therefore, when the minimum temperature does not drop so much as in summer, or when the automatic stop is repeated, the absorbing solution is unnecessarily diluted, and this excessive dilution is preferable in terms of energy saving and starting characteristics. There wasn't. These points will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram of an example of a conventional single-effect absorption refrigerator. In FIG. 3, E is an evaporator, A is an absorber, G is a generator, C is a condenser, EX is a solution heat exchanger, RP is a refrigerant pump, SP is a solution pump, SV is a liquid return valve, and HV is steam. It means a pressure control valve. When the stop signal is input to the absorption refrigerator shown in FIG. 3, the heating of the generator is stopped, the valve SV is opened, and the refrigerant liquid in the evaporator is transferred to the solution side. Due to the liquid level S ₄ of the refrigerant, the valve SV is closed and the refrigerant pump is stopped to complete the refrigerant transfer. In order to avoid the local high concentration area on the solution side, that is, in order to average the concentration of the absorption solution, the solution pump continues to operate, and after a predetermined time, the solution pump is stopped and the cooling water pump is also stopped. To do. The operation of the chilled water pump may be stopped together with the chilled water depending on the type of signal to the absorption chiller, or it may be continued (when the chilled water temperature drops and the absorption chiller is temporarily stopped, the chilled water pump is operated. Continue to operate the pump). However, if the operation is completely completed, the operation of the chilled water pump will also be stopped.

FIG. 4 shows changes in temperature of each solution when the above-mentioned operation is performed. That is, FIG. 4 shows the changes over time in the temperature and concentration of the absorption solution when the conventional absorption refrigerator is stopped, with time (minutes) (horizontal axis), temperature (° C.) (vertical axis) and average concentration ξm of the absorption solution. It is a graph shown in relation to (wt%) (vertical axis). In FIG. 4, t _G means the liquid temperature at the generator outlet, t _A means the liquid temperature at the solution heat exchanger outlet (absorber inlet), and t _W means the cooling water temperature. As shown in FIG.
Conventionally, the average concentration of the absorbing solution after the completion of dilution is such that crystals do not precipitate even when the temperature of the absorbing solution is lowered to about 0 ° C. In this case, it is necessary to heat and concentrate the diluted solution to a predetermined concentration at the time of restart, and the time and energy consumption required for this are considerable. On the other hand, it is clear that in case of a short stoppage, excessive dilution is not preferred. At that time, a method of not diluting may be considered, but it is still not preferable because of the risk of crystal precipitation and the indeterminacy of the time required for restart.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to prevent the waste of energy due to excessive dilution and to provide an absorption having good starting characteristics. To provide a refrigerator.

[0006]

The present invention will be described in brief. The present invention relates to an absorption refrigerator, and in an absorption refrigerator in which a solution cycle and a refrigeration cycle are formed, even when the solution cycle is stopped. Including the means for constantly detecting the concentration and temperature of the absorbing solution and monitoring the crystal precipitation of the absorbing solution, and the means for diluting the absorbing solution to a predetermined concentration according to the detection signal, following the condenser. It is characterized in that a refrigerant storage tank and a pipe line connected to the evaporator from the liquid surface of the refrigerant storage tank and a pipe line connected to the solution pump via a valve from the bottom of the tank are provided in the upper part of the evaporator.

According to the present invention, when the absorption refrigerating machine is stopped, the absorption solution is stopped while keeping as much concentration energy as possible, thereby eliminating wasteful consumption of energy and starting (restarting) the energy. It is intended to be fast. Then, since there is a risk of crystal precipitation because the suspension is performed at a high concentration, unlike the conventional method, the crystal precipitation is constantly monitored even during the suspension of the solution cycle, and there is a risk of crystal precipitation in the absorbing solution. In this case, the dilution is carried out to a predetermined concentration, that is, near the minimum required concentration. Further, the cooling of the absorption solution is also limited to the minimum necessary cooling to reduce energy consumption. Then, in the refrigerant used in the absorption refrigerator, for example, lithium bromide-water system, between the temperature and the concentration of crystal precipitation, since there is a correlation represented by a straight line, the above minimum required concentration, By operating the solution pump and mixing the dilute solution and the concentrated solution, the concentration of the absorbing solution that has been made almost uniform, that is, ξm described above is the crystal precipitation concentration at the ambient temperature of the absorption refrigerator (or the temperature of the absorbing solution). It means the concentration directly below it. In addition, the above-mentioned minimum required cooling is, in part, that when the solution pump is stopped while the double-effect absorption refrigerator is fully loaded, the internal pressure of the high temperature generator is high, and the liquid seal between the high temperature generator and the low temperature generator is high. Not useful,
Since the gas bypass causes abnormal noise and corrosion and wear of the heat exchanger occur, it is necessary to cool down to the pressure (or temperature) at which the minimum liquid seal does not break. Say. As for the two, there is an upper limit to the temperature of the solution that may be directly introduced into the absorber due to the thermal expansion of the tube, the allowable value of the solution pump, or the like regardless of whether the effect is single-effect or double-effect. Since it is necessary to cool down to about the temperature, this is called minimum necessary cooling.

The concentration and temperature of the absorbing solution in the present invention are preferably detected at the concentrated solution outlet of the solution heat exchanger. It may be in another place, but the place is the place where crystal precipitation is most likely to occur during normal operation, and when stopping with almost no solution mixing after the stop, the place shows the highest concentration. is there. Therefore, the temperature can be easily measured with a usual temperature sensor such as a thermocouple or a resistance temperature detector. Note that this temperature detection may be performed at the above-mentioned location, but it is preferable to perform detection at a location where the temperature drops the most during natural cooling, for example, for an absorbing solution in a thin pipe exposed to the atmosphere. Next, the concentration can be measured by a direct measurement of the concentration or a specific gravity measurement (for example, a measurement using a buoyancy meter, a γ-ray densitometer or a vibration specific gravity meter). Alternatively, the average concentration can be estimated from the amount of the refrigerant separated from the absorbing solution. For this purpose, for example, a level detector such as a float actuated variable resistor is provided in the evaporator, and the amount of separated refrigerant is determined from the level detector. When using a container for storing the refrigerant, the amount may be obtained from each level and summed. On the other hand, this level detector may be provided in the absorber A, in which case the higher the liquid level, the contrary to the evaporator E, indicates that the concentration of the absorbing solution is lower. This level measurement is
It may be continuous or stepwise, as in known methods. (See JP-A-55-105157).

In the present invention, the means for diluting the absorbing solution is preferably equipment for mixing the refrigerant liquid separated from the absorbing solution into the absorbing solution, or equipment for further averaging the concentration of the absorbing solution thereafter. .. Further, when the refrigerant liquid is mixed, a storage tank for the refrigerant liquid may be provided above the absorber, and a predetermined amount may be dropped at the time of dilution so as to be mixed in the absorption solution. The solution pump operates for concentration averaging.

An example of changes in the absorption refrigerator of the present invention when stopped will be described with reference to FIG. That is, FIG. 2 shows changes over time in the temperature and concentration of the absorption solution during stoppage of an example of the absorption refrigerator of the present invention, with respect to time (minutes) (horizontal axis), temperature (° C.) (vertical axis) and absorption solution. Average concentration ξm (wt%)
It is a graph shown in relation to (vertical axis). 2 are the same as those in FIG. When the stop signal is input to the absorption refrigerator, the heating in the generator is stopped. After the temperature of the solution cycle falls to an allowable temperature as described above (for example, t _G is detected), the cooling water pump is stopped to stop the cooling of the solution (a). The solution pump continues to run to homogenize the absorption solution concentration. The operation of the solution pump is stopped after the completion of the homogenization is detected by the timer or the temperature difference between the cycle temperatures (for example, the liquid temperature difference between the generator outlet and the absorber outlet) (b). The temperature of the absorbing solution is relatively high, and the natural solution is used to gradually cool the absorbing solution. When the concentration of the solution is, for example, 62% by weight (LiBr-water system), the crystal precipitation temperature is about 27 ° C. Therefore, if the absorption solution decreases to about 32 ° C. with a margin, the absorption solution is diluted ( c). By this dilution, for example, the concentration is 61%
If so, since the crystal precipitation temperature is 22 ° C., it may be left for a while. If the absorption refrigerator is restarted between these (b) to (c), it means that there was no loss of concentration energy. Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
In this respect, the present invention has a remarkable difference because it is diluted immediately after stopping.

Upon dilution of the absorption solution according to the invention (c)
On the other hand, if the absorption solution is sprayed while spraying the refrigerant liquid on the evaporator tube, the cold water may freeze even if the cooling water is not passed, so the spraying of the refrigerant liquid and the spraying of the absorbing solution may occur. It is preferable not to occur at the same time. Further, the operation of the cold water pump is the same as that of the above-mentioned conventional technique, but it is preferable to continue the operation. For example, when the chilled water pump is stopped, the chilled water pump is started to supply the fluid to be cooled to the evaporator while mixing the refrigerant liquid and averaging the absorbing solution.

However, when the operating condition at the time of stop is low load, the pressure of the generator is relatively low, and the solution pump can be stopped with almost no cooling of the absorbing solution. In this case, the absorption solution is hardly homogenized, but if the highest concentration part or the place where the highest concentration can be easily estimated is monitored as described above, it does not matter even if the aforementioned homogenization is not performed. Absent.

[0013]

EXAMPLES The following is an example of the operation mode of the absorption refrigerator according to the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this mode. Figure 1
FIG. 1 is a system diagram of an absorption refrigerating machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the same symbols as those in FIG. 3 have the same meanings as in FIG. 3, SV ₂ means a valve, and ST means a refrigerant liquid storage tank.

1. Mode of operation until solution pump stop in FIG. 2 (1) After the solution cycle is stopped, the absorption solution concentration is simply averaged without mixing the refrigerant solution into the absorption solution (or after a predetermined time elapses). ), Stop the solution pump. (2) When the pressure or temperature of the generator (high-temperature generator in double effect, generator in single effect) becomes below a predetermined value when the solution cycle is stopped, before the averaging of the absorption solution concentration is completed. Even if there is, the cooling water pump is stopped, and the solution pump is stopped when the pressure or temperature of the generator also becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined value after averaging the absorption solution concentration.

2. Mode of operation during dilution according to the present invention (1) ST is used in the apparatus shown in FIG. At the time of dilution when there is a danger of crystal precipitation, a predetermined amount of the refrigerant liquid is dropped from ST and mixed into the absorbing solution, and the operation of the solution pump is continued to average the absorbing solution concentration. For example,
As shown in FIG. 2, the concentration is 62 to 61% by weight.

[0016]

As described above in detail, according to the absorption refrigerating machine of the present invention, even if the concentration of the absorbing solution at the time of the operation stop is high, it can be stopped as it is. By raising the temperature of the solution, it became possible to leave it at a high concentration for a long time, and it was possible to store the concentration energy and temperature energy released due to dilution when the conventional operation was stopped. Therefore, it becomes possible to stop the operation without unnecessarily diluting the concentration of the absorption solution, which not only saves energy of the heat source and pump power but also improves the starting characteristics as compared with the conventional absorption refrigerator. In addition, a remarkable effect that even finer control can be performed is achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a device of an absorption refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between time and the temperature and average concentration of the absorbing solution when the absorption refrigerator of the present invention is stopped.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram of an example of a conventional single-effect absorption refrigerator.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between time and the temperature and average concentration of the absorbing solution when the conventional absorption refrigerator is stopped.

[Explanation of symbols]

E: evaporator, A: absorber, G: generator, C: condenser, E
X: Solution heat exchanger, RP: Refrigerant pump, SP: Solution pump, SV: Liquid return valve, ST: Refrigerant liquid storage tank

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. In an absorption refrigerator having a solution cycle and a refrigeration cycle, the concentration and the temperature of the absorption solution are constantly detected to detect the concentration and temperature of the absorption solution, including during suspension of the solution cycle. Is connected to the evaporator from the refrigerant storage tank at the upper part of the evaporator and the liquid level thereof, following the condenser, as a means for monitoring the precipitation of crystals and a means for diluting the absorbing solution to a predetermined concentration according to the detection signal. The absorption refrigerator having the above-mentioned pipeline and a pipeline connected to the bottom of the tank via a valve immediately before the solution pump.