Experimental Investigation of a Silica gel-Water Adsorption Cooling System for Green Building Applications

C. Y. Tso, K. C. Chan, Christopher Y. H. Chao*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Conference PapersRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (without host publication)peer-review

Abstract

In this study, an adsorption cooling system with silica gel as the adsorbent and water as the adsorbate has been built and the system performance is studied experimentally in various working conditions. The adsorption cooling system contains two adsorbers in a u-tube and circular plate fin structure, an evaporator, two condensers, one heating, one cooling and one chilled water tank, and is equipped with measurement instruments and supplementary system components. Under the standard operating condition of about 35 °C adsorption, 75 °C desorption, 30 °C condenser and 15 °C evaporator temperatures, the coefficient of performance (COP) of the adsorption cooling system is recorded at about 0.26 while the specific cooling power (SCP) is about 3.4 W/kg. Also, the cooling load of the system is about 60.1 W
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventCLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress & 8th International Conference on IAQVEC - Prague Congress Centre, Czech Republic
Duration: 16 Jun 201319 Jun 2013

Conference

ConferenceCLIMA 2013 - 11th REHVA World Congress & 8th International Conference on IAQVEC
PlaceCzech Republic
Period16/06/1319/06/13

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Research Keywords

  • Adsorption Cooling System
  • Coefficient of Performance
  • Experiment
  • Specific Cooling Power
  • Silica gel

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