Lithium chloride - Expanded graphite composite sorbent for solar powered ice maker

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1587-1594

  Kiplagat, J K ^a   Wang, R Z ^a   Oliveira, R G ^b   Li, T X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Expanded graphite; Ice maker; Lithium chloride; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION TEMPERATURE; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMPOSITE SORBENTS; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; COOLING CAPACITY; EVAPORATION TEMPERATURE; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GENERATION TEMPERATURE; ICE MAKER; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PER UNIT; REACTION ENTHALPIES; SOLAR-POWERED; SPECIFIC COOLING POWER; SYNTHESIS PHASE; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BOAT EQUIPMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DESORPTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GRAPHITE; ICE; LITHIUM; METHANOL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COOLING;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; EVAPORATION; GRAPHITE; LITHIUM; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77955414703     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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