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Dramatic Effect of Residual Gas on Dynamics of Isobaric Adsorption Stage of an Adsorptive Chiller Full article

Journal Applied Thermal Engineering
ISSN: 1359-4311 , E-ISSN: 1873-5606
Output data Year: 2016, Volume: 96, Pages: 385-390 Pages count : 6 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.09.031
Tags Adsorption chiller, Adsorption dynamics, AQSOA™-FAM-Z02, Non-adsorbable gas
Authors Sapienza Alessio 1 , Frazzica Andrea 1 , Freni Angelo 1 , Aristov Yuri 2,3
Affiliations
1 CNR-ITAE – Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano”, Salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse 5, Messina, Italy
2 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Ac. Lavrentiev av. 5, Novosibirsk, Russia
3 Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova str. 2, Novosibirsk, Russia

Funding (3)

1 Russian Foundation for Basic Research 14-08-01186
2 European Commission 02_00153_2939517
3 National Research Council

Abstract: This paper reports an experimental study aimed to elucidate the effect of non-adsorbable gases (air and hydrogen) on dynamics of isobaric adsorption stage of an adsorptive chiller (AC) cycle. This is the first study performed on real small scale adsorbers, based on commercial heat exchangers (HExs) filled with loose grains of the adsorbent AQSOA™-FAM-Z02. The adsorption dynamics was studied by a gravimetric large temperature jump method under conditions of typical AC cycle. Three notable observations are described in the paper: (1) at any gas pressure Pgas, the experimental uptake curves are exponential; (2) the adsorption rate is extremely sensitive to traces of residual air and depends on the HEx geometry and the nature of residual gas; (3) the effect of hydrogen is less dramatic as compared with air. The minimal amount of residual air necessary to form the blocking air-rich layer is evaluated by developing a one-dimensional stationary model of the vapour adsorption in the presence of gas. This amount is found to be highly sensitive to the total vapour pressure and the HEx mass transfer surface area. Practical recommendations on avoiding/dumping the effect of residual gas are made.
Cite: Sapienza A. , Frazzica A. , Freni A. , Aristov Y.
Dramatic Effect of Residual Gas on Dynamics of Isobaric Adsorption Stage of an Adsorptive Chiller
Applied Thermal Engineering. 2016. V.96. P.385-390. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.09.031 WOS Scopus РИНЦ AN OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Jun 18, 2015
Accepted: Sep 12, 2015
Published online: Dec 10, 2015
Published print: Mar 5, 2016
Identifiers:
Web of science: WOS:000373863400040
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84962440771
Elibrary: 27150901
Chemical Abstracts: 2015:2010855
OpenAlex: W2195524943
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