Study of the effect of finned tube adsorber on the performance of solar driven adsorption cooling machine using activated carbon-ammonia pair

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 690-698

  Louajari, Mohamed ^a   Mimet, Abdelaziz ^a   Ouammi, Ahmed ^a,b  

^a ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated carbon ammonia pair; Heat and mass transfer; Refrigerating machine; Solar adsorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GAS ADSORPTION; MASS TRANSFER; REFRIGERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR REFRIGERATION; VAPOR COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON AMMONIAS; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; COOLING REQUIREMENTS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; REFRIGERATING MACHINES; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SOLAR ADSORPTION; SOLAR ADSORPTION REFRIGERATION;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; COOLING; DATA SET; HEAT TRANSFER; IRRADIANCE; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 78149357855     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.08.032     Document Type: Article

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