With a view towards better efficiency in renewable energy utilisation, particularly solar energy, the authors study a long-term solar thermal energy storage based on water absorption by a lithium bromide aqueous solution. After a description of the process, the system dynamic simulation model is...

A multi-functional heat exchanger-reactor comprising arborescent (tree-like) distributors and collector, 16 mini-channels in parallel and T-mixers is introduced in this paper. Flow distribution property, pressure drop and heat exchange performance of proposed heat exchanger-reactor are tested...