Simulation of water sorption dynamics in adsorption chillers: One, two and four layers of loose silica grains

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-77

  Freni, A ^a   Maggio, G ^a   Cipiti F ^a   Aristov, Yu I ^b  

^a CNR ITAE   (Italy)

^b BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adsorption chillers; Comsol; Coupled heat and mass transfer; Finite elements; Silica gel water

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT LAYERS; ADSORBERS; ADSORPTION CHILLER; ADSORPTION DYNAMICS; ADSORPTION HEATS; AXIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMSOL; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; DATA FITTINGS; DEVELOPED MODEL; DYNAMIC FEATURES; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; INPUT DATAS; INPUT PARAMETER; METAL-SUPPORTS; MULTI-PHYSICS; NONISOTHERMAL; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; SILICA GRAINS; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SOLID PHASIS; SORPTION DYNAMICS; SPECIFIC COOLING POWER; SPHERICAL GRAINS; WATER ADSORPTION; WATER DYNAMICS; WATER SORPTION;

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; COOLING SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84860821382     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.03.038     Document Type: Article

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