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Thermodynamic Properties of Ammonia–Water Mixtures for Power Cycles

International Journal of Thermophysics volume 19, pages 501–510 (1998)Cite this article

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Power cycles with ammonia–water mixtures as working fluids have been shown to reach higher thermal efficiencies than the traditional steam turbine (Rankine) cycle with water as the working fluid. Different correlations for the thermo-dynamic properties of ammonia–water mixtures have been used in studies of ammonia–water mixture cycles described in the literature. Four of these correlations are compared in this paper. The differences in thermal efficiencies for a bottoming Kalina cycle when these four property correlations are used are in the range 0.5 to 3.3%. The properties for saturated liquid and vapor according to three of the correlations and available experimental data are also compared at high pressures and temperatures [up to 20 MPa and 337°C (610 K)]. The difference in saturation temperature for the different correlations is up to 20%, and the difference in saturation enthalpy is as high as 100% when the pressure is 20 MPa.

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Thorin, E., Dejfors, C. & Svedberg, G. Thermodynamic Properties of Ammonia–Water Mixtures for Power Cycles. International Journal of Thermophysics 19, 501–510 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022525813769

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  • ammonia–water mixture
  • Kalina cycle
  • power cycle
  • thermo-dynamic properties