TY - GEN
T1 - Thermodynamic analysis of activated carbon-methanol based adsorption cooling cycles
AU - El-Sharkawy, Ibrahim Ibrahim
AU - Saha, Bidyut Baran
AU - Hassan, Mahmoud
AU - Koyama, Shigeru
AU - Chakraborty, Anutosh
AU - Ng, Kim Choon
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Adsorption isotherms of activated carbon-methanol pair have been experimentally investigated. The adsorbent used in the present study is activated carbon of type Maxsorb III having a surface area as high as 3,200 m2/g. Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) equation is used to fit the experimental isotherms data and to provide the relationship between the equilibrium pressure, adsorption temperature and adsorption uptake (P-T-W) diagram. Heat of adsorption is also estimated by using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Thermodynamic analysis of Maxsorb III-methanol based adsorption cooling cycle has been presented. Effect of operating conditions on the cycle performance in terms of specific cooling effect and coefficient of performance has also been studied. Comparison between the performance of Maxsorb III-methanol, Maxsorb III-ethanol, silica gel-water and activated carbon-ammonia based adsorption cooling cycles has also been presented. Theoretical calculations show the superiority of the first pair for both air conditioning and ice making applications.
AB - Adsorption isotherms of activated carbon-methanol pair have been experimentally investigated. The adsorbent used in the present study is activated carbon of type Maxsorb III having a surface area as high as 3,200 m2/g. Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) equation is used to fit the experimental isotherms data and to provide the relationship between the equilibrium pressure, adsorption temperature and adsorption uptake (P-T-W) diagram. Heat of adsorption is also estimated by using the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Thermodynamic analysis of Maxsorb III-methanol based adsorption cooling cycle has been presented. Effect of operating conditions on the cycle performance in terms of specific cooling effect and coefficient of performance has also been studied. Comparison between the performance of Maxsorb III-methanol, Maxsorb III-ethanol, silica gel-water and activated carbon-ammonia based adsorption cooling cycles has also been presented. Theoretical calculations show the superiority of the first pair for both air conditioning and ice making applications.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84907388369
SN - 9868509610
SN - 9789868509610
T3 - 4th Asian Conference on Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, ACRA 2009
SP - 404
EP - 409
BT - 4th Asian Conference on Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, ACRA 2009
PB - National Taipei University of Technology
T2 - 4th Asian Conference on Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, ACRA 2009
Y2 - 20 May 2009 through 22 May 2009
ER -