Studying on the ability to use heat from bus’s exhaust gas for LiBr-H2O absorption chiller to air conditioning

Abstract

In this paper, the study evaluating the ability to use hot exhaust gas from bus engine to supply heat to LiBr-H₂O absorption chiller to air conditioning is introduced. The program describing the thermodynamics and capacity of LiBr-H₂O absorption chiller has been written in Matlab 7.8 environment. It has been used to calculate for bus with an engine power of 100 kW to 260 kW and given graph shows the relationship between diesel engine power and capacity of absorption chiller. The research results show that the use of waste heat from bus to supply heat to LiBr-H2O absorption chiller to air conditioning is feasible.