Abstract: Despite significant progress in commercial ACs (adsorption chillers) achieved for the last thirty years, still there is a much room for their further improvement. This paper addresses the optimization of dynamic performance of ACs utilizing loose grains of a novel adsorbent AQSOA™-FAM-Z02. The dynamic data were measured by a Volumetric Large Temperature Jump method under typical conditions of isobaric ad/desorption stages of real AC cycle. For the first time, the effects of number of the adsorbent layers (N = 2, 4, and 8), grain size (0.2–0.9 mm) and cycle boundary conditions were comprehensively studied. The most notable findings revealed for the water ad/desorption dynamics are: 1) the initial part of all kinetic curves is exponential and can be described by a single characteristic time τ; 2) at equal values of the ratio (S/m)=(heat transfer surface)/(adsorbent mass), the dynamic curves are very close regardless the adsorbent grain size R (the “grain size insensitive” regime is observed at 0.44 m2/kg ≤ (S/m) ≤ 1.75 m2/kg); 3) the maximal specific cooling power is a linear function of the (S/m)-ratio. Appropriate recommendations on improving the AC cycle dynamics which concern the optimal conversion degree, grain size and (S/m)-ratio are made.

Cite: Girnik I.S. , Aristov Y.I.
Dynamic Optimization of Adsorptive Chillers: The “AQSOA™-FAM-Z02 – Water” Working Pair
Energy. 2016. V.106. P.13-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.03.036 WOS Scopus РИНЦ ANCAN OpenAlex

Dates:

Submitted:	Aug 3, 2015
Accepted:	Mar 7, 2016
Published online:	Mar 31, 2016
Published print:	Jul 1, 2016

Identifiers:

Web of science:	WOS:000378659700002
Scopus:	2-s2.0-84961886516
Elibrary:	27144853
Chemical Abstracts:	2016:527454
Chemical Abstracts (print):	171:499601
OpenAlex:	W2332769152

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