Adsorption characteristics and heat of adsorption measurements of R-134a on activated carbon

BB Saha, K Habib, II El-Sharkawy, S Koyama - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents adsorption isotherms of R-134a (HFC-134a) on highly porous pitch
based activated carbon (Maxsorb III) in the temperature range of 5–70° C and pressures up …

Thermal modeling of activated carbon based adsorptive natural gas storage system

R Basumatary, P Dutta, M Prasad, K Srinivasan - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
A homogeneous, isotropic porous matrix of activated carbon inside a portable steel cylinder
is considered as the adsorption bed for natural gas (NG) which is idealized as pure methane …

Evaluation of adsorption parameters and heats of adsorption through desorption measurements

BB Saha, S Koyama, II El-Sharkawy… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The construction of an apparatus for the rapid measurement of the adsorption equilibrium
characteristics and evaluation of the isosteric heat of adsorption of activated carbons for …

Performance analysis of activated carbon+ HFC-134a adsorption coolers

ND Banker, K Srinivasan, M Prasad - Carbon, 2004 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to present the results of performance analysis of a heat driven
continuous vapor adsorption refrigerator with activated carbon as the adsorbent and 1, 1, 1 …

Thermodynamic property fields of an adsorbate− adsorbent system

HT Chua, KC Ng, A Chakraborty, NM Oo - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
We have developed the complete thermodynamic property fields for a single-component
adsorbent+ adsorbate system. These equations enable us to compute the actual specific …

Effect of packing density and adsorption parameters on the throughput of a thermal compressor

BS Akkimaradi, M Prasad, P Dutta, K Srinivasan - Carbon, 2002 - Elsevier
Vapour adsorption refrigeration systems (VAdS) have the advantage of scalability over a
wide range of capacities ranging from a few watts to several kilowatts. In the first instance …

Improving the performance of an active carbon–nitrogen adsorption cryocooler by thermal regeneration

R Baby, MJ Prakash - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic analysis was done on single and two stage active carbon nitrogen
adsorption cryocoolers to study the effect of thermal regeneration on the performance. Heat …

Nitrogen, methane, and ethane sorption on activated carbon

N Tzabar, G Grossman - Cryogenics, 2011 - Elsevier
Joule–Thomson (JT) sorption cryocoolers rely on sorption compressors that provide a
continuous flow with predetermined high and low pressures without any vibration emission …

Adsorption of equal mass fraction near an azeotropic mixture of pentafluoroethane and 1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane on activated carbon

BB Saha, II El-Sharkawy, K Habib… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2008 - ACS Publications
This paper presents adsorption isotherms for R-507A, which is a near azeotropic mixture of
R-125 (pentafluoroethane) and R-143a (1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane) in equal mass fractions, on a …

Analysis of an activated-carbon sorption compressor operating with gas mixtures

N Tzabar, G Grossman - Cryogenics, 2012 - Elsevier
Sorption compressors elevate the pressure of gases and can provide a more or less
continuous mass flow. Unlike mechanical compressors, sorption compressors have no …