Performance evaluation of combined adsorption refrigeration cycles

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-137

  Habib, Khairul ^a   Saha, Bidyut Baran ^b   Chakraborty, Anutosh ^c   Koyama, Shigeru ^b   Srinivasan, Kandadai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated carbon cycle; Adsorption; Cooling; R134a; R507

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CYCLE; ADSORPTION REFRIGERATION; BOTTOMING CYCLE; CHILLER EFFICIENCY; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; COMBINED CYCLE; COOLING CAPACITY; CYCLE SIMULATION; CYCLE TIME; HEAT SOURCES; INLET TEMPERATURE; ISOSTERIC HEAT OF ADSORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; R134A; R507; REFRIGERATION LOAD; SWITCHING TIME; TOPPING CYCLE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 78649748875     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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