7. Conclusion

The NH ₃ – H ₂ O binary mixture differs strongly from the H ₂ O-LiBr binary mixture, enabling cycles to be designed for different applications as there are no longer any limits towards low temperatures. This makes industrial refrigeration units accessible. In addition, the absence of crystallization enables operation with large temperature differences between condensation and evaporation, which is invaluable for air conditioning.

The fact that the refrigerant, in the case of NH ₃ – H ₂ O, is an aqueous solution has important consequences that must be taken into account when designing the units. On the one hand, the evaporator produces a two-phase...