Study on a re-heat two-stage adsorption chiller - The influence of thermal capacitance ratio, overall thermal conductance ratio and adsorbent mass on system performance

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1677-1685

  Khan, M Z I ^a   Alam, K C A ^a   Saha, B B ^b   Akisawa, A ^a   Kashiwagi, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption chiller; Re heat; Silica gel; Thermal capacitance ratio; Two stage; Water

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; SILICA GEL; SORPTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

ADSORPTION CHILLERS; REFRIGERATION CYCLES; THERMAL CAPACITANCE RATIO;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33947590045     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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