Adsorption cooling system employing granular activated carbon-R134a pair for renewable energy applications

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1037-1044

  Askalany, Ahmed A ^a,b   Saha, Bidyut B ^a   Ahmed, Mahmoud S ^b   Ismail, Ibrahim M ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Cooling; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; EVAPORATOR TEMPERATURE; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; LOW-GRADE WASTE HEAT; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COOLING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84875230197     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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