Spiral plate heat exchangers as adsorbers have been proposed, and a prototype heat regenerative adsorption refrigerator using activated carbon-methanol pair has been developed and tested. Various improvements have been made, at last we get a specific cooling power for 2.6 kg-ice/day-kg adsorbent at the condition of generation temperature lower than 100°C. Discussions on the arrangements of thermal cycles and influences of design are shown.
Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Heat,
Heat exchangers,
Carbon,
Cooling,
Cycles,
Design,
Engineering prototypes,
Ice,
Methanol,
Temperature
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