Experimental Examination on Refrigeration System Based on Adsorption Employing Distinctive Physical Adsorbent Functional Pairs

Authors

  • S A Mohan Krishna
  • B C Ashok
  • K B Vinay
  • K S Ravi
  • Khalid Imran
  • G V Naveen Prakash
  • Naveen Ankegowda
  • B S Nithyananda

Keywords:

Activated carbon– methanol, Adsorption system, Coefficient of performance, Prototype, refrigeration effect, Silica gel

Abstract

Furthermost of the prevailing work specifies
that system of adsorption refrigeration can be
employed as an alternative to prevalent
traditional refrigeration systems like vapour
compression systems. The literature
examination depicts that the performance
factor, motivating temperature, and
evaporation temperature be contingent on the
working brace employed, such as stimulated
carbon & ammonia, Silica gel & water,
Zeolite & water, etc. It can also be noticed
that examination accomplished on the
conception of refrigeration system based on
adsorption is sporadic. Hence the foremost
rationale is to exemplify silica gel-water,
Activated carbon- methanol which is
expressly accessible, and to authenticate the
prospect of adsorption refrigeration system
happening under workroom conditions by
developing a low potential adsorption system.
The functional twosome has been preferred
seeing to the statistic that a combination of
silica and gel has superior surface properties.
Performance tests have been accomplished on
the developed chiller archetype. The system
has been evaluated for several functioning
temperatures against cycle time, refrigeration
effect against cycle time.

Published

20-10-2021

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