Study of a new solar adsorption refrigerator powered by a parabolic trough collector

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 1267-1270

  El Fadar, A ^a   Mimet, A ^a   Azzabakh, A ^a   Perez Garcia M ^b   Castaing, J ^c  

^a ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c Laboratoire de Thermique Energetique et Procedes   (France)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Heat pipe; Parabolic trough collector; Refrigeration; Simulation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING SYSTEMS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DUST COLLECTORS; HEAT PIPES; MASS TRANSFER; PIPE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; POROUS MATERIALS; POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; REFRIGERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ADSORBENT BEDS; CLIMATIC DATUM; EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS; EVACUATED TUBE COLLECTORS; FLAT PLATES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; HEAT PIPE; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; HIGH FLUX DENSITIES; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR; POROUS MEDIUMS; SIMULATION; SOLAR ADSORPTIONS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 59049098996     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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