A solar heat operated system. Quite similar to vapor compression system.

Compressor is replaced by pump, generator and absorber. Heat in

generator is supplied by solar. Condensation, expansion and evaporation
processes are same as VCR system.

ABSORBER (Used to store the mixture of water and ammonia in particular

proportion .Function is to produce the required aqua ammonia
solution.Low pressure NH3 vapour is absorbed by the weak solution of NH 3
which is stored in the absorber.)
GENERATOR (Heats the strong aqua ammonia solution up to the boiling
temperature of ammonia solution to produce ammonia vapors.Here, solar
panel is used for the heating purpose. Separates the dissolved ammonia
from the water-ammonia solution.
SOLAR PANEL

CONDENSER (A device or unit used to condense a substance from its

gaseous to its liquid state.)
EXPANSION VALVE(Controls the amount of refrigerant flow into the
evaporator .Cause a pressure drop (Isenthalpic) of the working fluid.
Causes sudden drop in temperature.
EVAPORATOR (Absorption of heat from the surrounding.heat transfer is
done by forced convection or natural convection. )
Pump

Return duct

Working
Ammonia solution is pumped to generator with the help of pump.

Ammonia solution is heated to a temperature suitable for separating

ammonia vapor from ammonia solution.
Ammonia vapors condenses in the condenser .

Liquid ammonia from condenser expands through expansion valve.

Chilled ammonia causes cooling effect in the evaporator.

Finally ammonia is transferred to absorber and the whole process

continues.
-low temperature and low pressure refrigerant vapour from evaporator
enters the absorber and is absorbed by solution weak in
refrigerant
-The solution, rich in refrigerant is pumped to the generator pressure (P g) by
the solution pump . The pressurized solution gets heated up sensibly as it
flows through the solution heat exchanger by extracting heat from hot
solution coming from generator.
-Heat is supplied to this solution from an external heat source in the
generator (Qg at Tg), as a result refrigerant vapour is generated (absorbent
may also boil to give off vapour in case of ammonia-water systems)
This high-pressure refrigerant vapour condenses in the condenser by rejecting
heat of condensation to the external heat sink (Q c at T) and leaves the
condenser as a high pressure liquid
- the high pressure refrigerant liquid is throttled in the expansion device to
evaporator pressure Pe from where it enters the evaporator, extracts heat
from low temperature heat source (Qe at Te) and leaves the evaporator as
vapour at state 1, completing a cycle.