Study of thermal conductivity, permeability, and adsorption performance of consolidated composite activated carbon adsorbent for refrigeration

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2062-2066

  Wang, L W ^a   Tamainot Telto, Z ^b   Thorpe, R ^b   Critoph, R E ^b   Metcalf, S J ^b   Wang, R Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Expanded nature graphite; Permeability; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; ADSORPTION RATES; CARBON ADSORBENTS; COMPOSITE ACTIVATED; COMPOSITE ADSORBENTS; EVAPORATING TEMPERATURE; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; EXPANDED NATURE GRAPHITE; FREEZING CONDITIONS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; GRANULAR ADSORBENT; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION BALANCE; NATURAL GRAPHITE; PERMEABILITY; VOLUMETRIC COOLING CAPACITIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; GRAPHITE; MASS TRANSFER; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPOSITE; COOLING; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 79952446331     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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