Performance Analysis of Waste Heat Driven Pressurized Adsorption Chiller

Wai Soong LOH, Bidyut Baran SAHA, Anutosh CHAKRABORTY, Kim Choon Ng, Won Gee CHUN

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    Abstract

    This article presents the transient modeling and performance of waste heat driven pressurized adsorption chillers for refrigeration at subzero applications. This innovative adsorption chiller employs pitch-based activated carbon of type Maxsorb III (adsorbent) with refrigerant R134a as the adsorbent-adsorbate pair. It consists of an evaporator, a condenser and two adsorber/desorber beds, and it utilizes a low-grade heat source to power the batch-operated cycle. The ranges of heat source temperatures are between 55 to 90°C whilst the cooling water temperature needed to reject heat is at 30°C. A parametric analysis is presented in the study where the effects of inlet temperature, adsorption/desorption cycle time and switching time on the system performance are reported in terms of cooling capacity and coefficient of performance. © 2010 by JSME.
    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)252-265
    Number of pages14
    JournalJournal of Thermal Science and Technology
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2010

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