Experimental investigation on activated carbon-ethanol pair for solar powered adsorption cooling applications

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1407-1413

  El Sharkawy, I I ^a,b   Saha, B B ^a   Koyama, S ^a   He, J ^c   Ng, K C ^c   Yap, C ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Mansoura   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption system; Cooling; Ethanol; Experiment; Heating; Modelling; Performance; Simulation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CHARCOAL; COOLING; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS; ADSORPTION COOLING; ADSORPTION CYCLES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUMS; ADSORPTION SYSTEM; ADSORPTION TEMPERATURES; CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; COOLING EFFECTS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; HEAT SOURCES; ISOSTERIC HEAT OF ADSORPTIONS; MODELLING; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SOLAR COOLING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON FIBERS; COOLING; ENERGY PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUN LIGHT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 55249101012     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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