Modeling and simulation of a solar powered two bed adsorption air conditioning system

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2761-2775

  Yong, Li ^a   Sumathy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Air conditioning; Simulation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFRIGERATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP); HEAR TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL (ODP); TRANSPARENT INSULATION MATERIAL (TIM);

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 2942693971     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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