Parametric study and simulation of a heat-driven adsorber for air conditioning system employing activated carbon-methanol working pair

Applied Energy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 324-333

  Ramji, Harunal Rejan ^a   Leo, Sing Lim ^b   Abdullah, Mohammad Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b Jalan Canna   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption air conditioning system; CFD; Cooling power; COP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DESORPTION; METEOROLOGY; METHANOL;

ADSORPTION DESORPTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COOLING PERFORMANCE; COOLING POWER; COP; DESORPTION TEMPERATURES; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER; METHANOL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 84882759206     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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