Experimental investigation of silica gel-water adsorption chillers with and without a passive heat recovery scheme
Experimental investigation of silica gel-water adsorption chillers with and without a passive heat recovery scheme
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10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2004.11.011
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2005-08
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Xiaolin Wang;H. Chua;K. Ng
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Xiaolin Wang;H. Chua;K. Ng
We experimentally show that for the same heat exchanger inventory allocation, a four-bed adsorption chiller delivers a 12% higher ultimate cooling capacity than its two-bed counterpart. In addition it delivers a significantly improved quality of instantaneous cooling than a two-bed chiller at the same cooling capacity. The COP-enhancing feature of a passive heat recovery scheme that does not involve additional pumping action or valves is experimentally proven. It improves the COPs of a two-bed chiller and a four-bed chiller by as much as 38 and 25%, respectively, without any effect on their cooling capacities. The highest COPs achieved with a two-bed and four-bed chillers are 0.46±0.02 and 0.45±0.02, respectively. These are measured at a hot-water inlet temperature of 85°C, cooling-water inlet temperature of 29.4°C and chilled-water inlet temperature of 12.2°C.