Adsorber bed design strongly affects the performance of waste-heat driven adsorption
cooling systems (ACS) for vehicle air conditioning and refrigeration (A/C–R) applications …

Silica gel bound with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is a new composite adsorbent with
promising uptake rate designed for adsorption cooling systems. In this study, the thermal …

In this article, a scaling analysis of heat and mass transfer processes in an adsorption
packed bed is presented. New scaling parameters that characterize the performance of the …

A novel composite solid desiccant material is proposed in this study to enhance thermal
conductivity and adsorption performance of silica gel. This desiccant material is fabricated …

A new bed configuration consists of two layers of packed beads separated by vapor
passage is simulated using transient three-dimensional local thermal non-equilibrium model …

In this study, a compact dual adsorber adsorption cooling system (ACS) prototype was built
using the zeolite 13X/CaCl 2 composite adsorbent with water as the adsorbate. The …

Waste heat-driven adsorption cooling systems (ACS) are potential replacements for vapor
compression refrigeration cycles in vehicle air conditioning applications. However, the …

Zeolite NaX is one of the most popular water sorption materials for dehumidification, thermal
energy storage and sorption cooling. In this paper, zeolite NaX is modified by magnesium …

Abstract Effects of fin spacing on the temperature distribution in a finned tube adsorber bed
are studied to decrease the temperature gradient inside the adsorber bed and minimize the …

Adsorption cooling systems (ACS) utilize waste heat to produce the cooling power required
for air conditioning (A/C) in vehicles. In addition to having an adsorbent with high adsorbate …