Abstract: An absorption refrigerating system for use with refrigerant and inert auxiliary gas. The system includes a generator, a condenser, an evaporator structure and an absorber in circuit with each other. The evaporator structure is arranged to effect a two-stage precooling operation including precooling of the incoming weak auxiliary gas and liquid refrigerant, utilizing for the final precooling of the gas evaporation of a part of the refrigerant into a small partial stream of weak gas and to effect final precooling of the liquid refrigerant by leading it in contracurrent to the gas through a flat evaporator coil such as utilized for cooling the freezer compartment of a refrigerator.