Adsorption at various interfaces has concerned scientists since the beginning of this century.
This phenomenon underlies a number of extremely important processes of utilitarian …

Rapid urbanization and higher thermal comfort requirements have sharply increased
buildings' energy demands. In tropical countries, for achieving energy efficient air …

Sorption is used for absorption/adsorption heat pumps (sorption refrigeration) and sorption
for thermal energy storage (TES). This paper is the first review where the research on both …

Energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Because of the negative environmental impacts
and limited sources of fossil fuels, researchers are increasingly focusing on renewable …

Owing to its high porosity and high surface area, zeolite has a good adsorption effect on
liquid adsorbates such as water, ammonia, organic liquids and gas adsorbates such as …

Energy-efficient alternative cooling technologies are necessary to reduce the sharp rise in
building energy requirements. The currently employed vapor compression air-conditioners …

Solid sorption refrigeration is a type of environmental benign and energy saving technology
and the sorbents utilized can be divided into physical, chemical and composite sorbents …

The distinctive water sorption properties of microporous aluminium fumarate (s-shaped
isotherm, narrow hysteresis, loading> 0.3 gg− 1 at a relative pressure as low as p/p0= 0.3 …

Booming progress in the materials science offers a huge choice of novel porous solids
which may be used for adsorption transformation of low temperature heat. This …

A major cause of energy inefficiency is a result of the generation of waste heat and the lack
of suitable technologies for cost-effective utilisation of low grade heat in particular. The …