System performance of a combined heat and mass recovery adsorption cooling cycle: A parametric study

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 2703-2711

  Leong, K C ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Adsorption; Cooling; Heat and mass recovery; Numerical study

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

COOLING CYCLE; FLUID VELOCITY; HEAT AND MASS RECOVERY; NUMERICAL STUDY;

COOLING;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646568488     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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