“…It was not possible to use the conventional log mean temperature (6) in some experiments, because the outlet cooling water temperature was higher than the inlet solution temperature due to the heat of absorption and the subcooling of the solution entering the absorber. In this case the logarithmic mean temperature difference (∆T ML,EQ ) defined by equation (7) was used to represent the heat transfer between solution and cooling water, in which the inlet and outlet solution temperatures are calculated at equilibrium conditions [12], eliminating subcooling conditions. )…”