Simulation of a solid sorption ice-maker based on the novel composite sorbent "lithium chloride in silica gel pores"

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1714-1720

  Maggio, G ^a   Gordeeva, L G ^b   Freni, A ^a   Aristov, Yu I ^b   Santori, G ^c   Polonara, F ^c   Restuccia, G ^a  

^a CNR ITAE   (Italy)

^b BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption cooling; Dynamic simulation; Lithium chloride in silica gel pores; Solar ice maker

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; GELATION; ICE; LITHIUM; METHANOL; OXIDES; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR REFRIGERATION;

ADSORBENT MATERIALS; ADSORPTION COOLING; CO-EFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; COMPOSITE SORBENTS; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ICE MAKERS; ICE PRODUCTIONS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE IN SILICA GEL PORES; SOLAR ICE-MAKER; SOLAR-POWERED; SOLID SORPTIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 61549096599     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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