Adsorption cooling cycles for alternative adsorbent/adsorbate pairs working at partial vacuum and pressurized conditions

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 793-798

  Loh, W S ^a   El Sharkawy, I I ^b   Ng, K C ^a   Saha, B B ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Single effect double lift cycle; Single stage; Thermal activation

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; COOLING; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; METAL DRAWING; SILICA;

ADSORPTION BEDS; ADSORPTION COOLING; ADSORPTION CYCLES; COOLING EFFECTS; EQUILIBRIUM ADSORPTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURES; EVAPORATION TEMPERATURES; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARTIAL VACUUMS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSES; REGENERATION TEMPERATURES; SINGLE-EFFECT DOUBLE-LIFT CYCLE; SINGLE-STAGE; THEORETICAL ANALYSES; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 56049120585     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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