Experimental investigation on the optimal performance of Zeolite-water adsorption chiller

Aung Myat; K. C. Ng; Kyaw Thu; Youngdeuk Kim

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.08.005

Experimental investigation on the optimal performance of Zeolite-water adsorption chiller

Aung Myat, K. C. Ng, Kyaw Thu, Youngdeuk Kim

Biological, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

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This paper presents the performance testing of Zeolite adsorption cooling system driven by low grade waste heat source extracted from prime mover's exhaust, power plant's exhaust and the solar energy. The adsorbent FAM Z01 is used as an adsorbent in the adsorption chiller facility. Owing to its large equilibrium pore volume, it has the high affinity for the water vapor adsorbate. The key advantages of the Zeolite adsorption cooling system are: (i) it has no moving parts rendering less maintenance, (ii) the energy efficient means of cooling by the adsorption process with a low temperature heat source, (iii) the use of vapor pipes are replaced by self actuating vapor valves rendering smaller footprint area and (iv) it is environmental friendly with low carbon footprint. The experimental investigations were carried out for Zeolite adsorption chiller at different key operating conditions namely (i) heat source temperature, (ii) the cycle time and (iii) the heat recovery time. It is investigated that performance of coefficient (COP) of this system could be as high as 0.48 while the waste heat source temperature is applicable as low as 55 °C. © 2012.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	582-590
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Energy
Volume	102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.08.005
State	Published - Feb 2013

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Acknowledgements: The authors gratefully express the gratitude to Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) for their generous financial support for the project (Grant Number R265-000-287-305).

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