Study on an activated carbon fiber-ethanol adsorption chiller: Part I - system description and modelling

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-95

  Saha, B B ^a   El Sharkawy, I I ^a   Chakraborty, A ^a   Koyama, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption system; Carbon fibre; Chiller; Design; Ethanol; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; BINARY MIXTURES; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBER (ACF); ADSORPTION SYSTEMS; CARBON FIBRES; CHILLERS; MODELING;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845219897     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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