A novel ejector-absorption combined refrigeration cycle

This paper presents a novel ejector-absorption combined refrigeration cycle. When the temperature of the heat source is high enough, this cycle will work as a double-effect cycle. If the temperature of the heat source is lower than required temperature of heat source used to drive conventional double-effect absorption refrigeration cycle but much higher than required temperature of heat source used to drive conventional single-effect absorption refrigeration cycle, the COP of new cycle will also be higher than that of conventional single-effect absorption refrigeration cycle. Simulation results show that the COP of the cycle is 30% higher than that of the conventional single-effect absorption refrigeration cycle at some working conditions even in the later case.