Experimental investigation on composite adsorbent–Water pair for a solar-powered adsorption cooling system

LQ Zhu, CY Tso, KC Chan, CL Wu, CYH Chao… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a solar-powered adsorption cooling system (ACS) using vehicle radiators as an
adsorbent bed was built and the system performance was studied experimentally in the …

Effect of cooling temperature on the performance of a solar adsorption chiller with the enhanced mass transfer

J Liang, W Zhao, Y Wang, X Ji, M Li - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the renewable and sustainable solar adsorption cooling technology has
attracted extensive attention. Enhancing the mass transfer is a main method to improve the …

Modeling a solar-powered double bed novel composite adsorbent (silica activated carbon/CaCl2)-water adsorption chiller

CY Tso, SC Fu, CYH Chao - Building Simulation, 2014 - Springer
During the past few decades, the growing demand for air conditioning has caused a
significant increase in demand for primary energy resources. Adsorption cooling system is …

Performance of a small-scale solar-powered adsorption cooling system

AM Reda, AHH Ali, IS Taha… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, an experimental investigation on the performance of a small-scale residential-
size solar-driven adsorption (silica gel-water) cooling system that was constructed at Assiut …

Experimental investigation and theoretical analysis of the solar adsorption cooling system in a green building

XQ Zhai, RZ Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
A solar adsorption cooling system was constructed in the green building of Shanghai
Institute of Building Science. The system consisted of evacuated tube solar collector arrays …

Activated carbon, silica-gel and calcium chloride composite adsorbents for energy efficient solar adsorption cooling and dehumidification systems

CY Tso, CYH Chao - International journal of refrigeration, 2012 - Elsevier
Composite adsorbents were synthesized from activated carbon, silica-gel and CaCl2. The
optimized condition for adsorption cooling systems was obtained when raw activated carbon …

Experimental investigation of a solar-powered adsorption refrigeration system with the enhancing desorption

Y Wang, M Li, W Du, X Ji, L Xu - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper proposes a novel solar adsorption refrigeration system employing an active
enhancing mass transfer method based on the typical basic cycle. In essence, the new …

Experimental analysis of an adsorption air conditioning with micro-porous silica gel–water

Z Lu, R Wang, Z Xia - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
In this paper, one novel heat pipe solar adsorption chiller with mass-heat recovery was
designed. 65 kg of micro-porous silica gel was used as adsorbent in each adsorbent bed …

Thermodynamic analysis and theoretical study of a continuous operation solar-powered adsorption refrigeration system

HZ Hassan, AA Mohamad - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to the intermittent nature of the solar radiation, the day-long continuous production of
cold is a challenge for solar-driven adsorption cooling systems. In the present study, a …

Performance comparative study of a solar-powered adsorption refrigerator with a CPC collector/adsorbent bed

Y Wang, M Li, W Du, Q Yu, X Ji, X Ma - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar adsorption refrigeration has many advantages. However, solar radiation has a
relatively low energy density and requires much time to heat an adsorbent bed. In addition …