Study on a waste heat-driven adsorption cooling cum desalination cycle
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ArticleKAUST Grant Number
R265-000-286-597Date
2012-05Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/599787
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This article presents the performance analysis of a waste heat-driven adsorption cycle. With the implementation of adsorption-desorption phenomena, the cycle simultaneously produces cooling energy and high-grade potable water. A mathematical model is developed using isotherm characteristics of the adsorbent/adsorbate pair (silica gel and water), energy and mass balances for the each component of the cycle. The cycle is analyzed using key performance parameters namely (i) specific cooling power (SCP), (ii) specific daily water production (SDWP), (iii) the coefficient of performance (COP) and (iv) the overall conversion ratio (OCR). The numerical results of the adsorption cycle are validated using experimental data. The parametric analysis using different hot and chilled water temperatures are reported. At 85°C hot water inlet temperature, the cycle generates 3.6 m 3 of potable water and 23 Rton of cooling at the produced chilled water temperature of 10°C. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and IIR. All rights reserved.Citation
Ng KC, Thu K, Saha BB, Chakraborty A (2012) Study on a waste heat-driven adsorption cooling cum desalination cycle. International Journal of Refrigeration 35: 685–693. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.01.008.Sponsors
The authors' gratefully acknowledge the financial support given by grants (R265-000-286-597) from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and (R265-000-287-305) from ASTAR, Singapore. The authors also thank the EPSRC of UK for financial support through Grant EP/E038875/1 Thermal Energy Conversion, Conservation and Storage (TECCS) Network.Publisher
Elsevier BVae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2011.01.008