Abstract
A thermosyphon with a separate heating chamber was taken into consideration as a model device for a high-temperature generator in a small capacity absorption refrigerator with LiBr/H 2O solution. Quantitative measurements of operating characteristics of the thermosyphon were made as functions of pipe diameter, pumping height and heating power. It was found that vapor production rate is mainly affected by the heating power, and the flow rate of pumped liquid is limited by the pumping height. It was also observed that, as the pipe diameter increases, dependency of liquid flow rate on the pumping height becomes stronger. For a LiBr/H 2O solution system, ratio of vapor production rate to liquid flow rate was found to be well correlated as a function of the power input. Present experimental data are expected to provide useful information for determination of design parameters of a thermosyphon.
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