Development and transient performance results of a single stage activated carbon - HFC 134a closed cycle adsorption cooling system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1126-1132

  Banker, N D ^a   Prasad, M ^b   Dutta, P ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Experimental data; HFC 134a; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; ADSORBERS; ADSORPTION COOLING; ADSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; CLOSED CYCLE; COMPRESSION SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; COOLING LOAD; CYCLIC STEADY STATE; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT SOURCES; HFC-134A; LABORATORY MODELS; LOW GRADE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SINGLE STAGE; TETRAFLUOROETHANE; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE;

ADSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; CAPILLARY TUBES; COOLING; REFRIGERATING MACHINERY; REFRIGERATION; REFRIGERATORS; RINGS (COMPONENTS);

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 77950595053     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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