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It takes heat from engine coolant water to reduce thermal load on the generator and to enhance the Coefficient of Performance (COP) of the system. The effect of concentration solution, primary heat exchanger effectiveness, and the temperature of main component (generator, condenser, evaporator and absorber) are studied. The results show a COP of 0.79 with a cooling capacity of 5 kW at generator, condenser, evaporator, and absorber temperatures of (90, 40, 10, and 35), respectively. The COP increases as the evaporator temperature increases, and it decreases as the condenser and absorber temperature increases. Also, any increase in the heat exchanger effectiveness will be led to increase the COP. The results show that the addition of a secondary heat exchanger led to reduce the load on the generator by 4% to 7%, and that depends on the operating conditions and the system. 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