The proposed cycle combines the Rankine cycle and the absorption
refrigeration cycle, which can produce both power
and refrigeration simultaneously with only one heat source.
This cycle uses propaneedecane as a working fluid, which
reduces the heat transfer irreversibility, especially for low
temperature heat sources such as solar energy and
geothermal heat. The detailed analysis of the cycle is given by
Xu et al. (2000); however, a brief description is covered in this
section.