Adsorption Refrigeration Technology

About the Authors xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Nomenclature xix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Adsorption Phenomena 2 1.2 Fundamental Principle of Adsorption Refrigeration 3 1.3 The History of Adsorption Refrigeration Technology 5 1.4 Current Research on Solid Adsorption Refrigeration 7 References 18 2 Adsorption Working Pairs 23 2.1 Adsorbents 23 2.2 Refrigerants 30 2.3 Adsorption Working Pairs 31 2.4 Equilibrium Adsorption Models 36 2.5 Methods to Measure Adsorption Performances 39 2.6 Comparison of Different Adsorption Refrigeration Pairs 42 References 43 3 Mechanism and Thermodynamic Properties of Physical Adsorption 47 3.1 Adsorption Equations 48 3.2 Adsorption and Desorption Heat 60 3.3 Equilibrium Adsorption and Adsorption Rate 63 References 68 4 Mechanism and Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Adsorption 71 4.1 The Complexation Mechanism of Metal Chloride-Ammonia 71 4.2 The Clapeyron Equation of Metal Chloride-Ammonia 72 4.3 Chemical Adsorption Precursor State of Metal Chloride-Ammonia 76 4.4 Reaction Kinetic Models of Metal Chlorides-Ammonia 84 4.5 Refrigeration Principle and Van't Hoff Diagram for Metal Hydrides-Hydrogen 91 References 94 5 Adsorption Mechanism and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Composite Adsorbents 97 5.1 The Characteristics of Porous Media 97 5.2 The Preparation and Performance of the Composite Adsorbent 109 5.3 Adsorption Kinetics of Composite Adsorbents 128 References 131 6 Adsorption Refrigeration Cycles 135 6.1 Basic Adsorption Refrigeration Cycles 135 6.2 Heat Recovery Concept Introduced in the Adsorption Refrigeration Cycle 144 6.3 The Heat Recovery Process of Limited Adsorbent Bed Temperature 145 6.4 Thermal Wave Cycles 156 6.5 The Optimized Cycle Driven by the Mass Change 178 6.6 Multi-Effect and Double-Way Thermochemical Sorption Refrigeration Cycle 192 6.7 Step-by-Step Regeneration Cycle 208 6.8 Adsorption Thermal Storage Cycles 224 References 228 7 Technology of Adsorption Bed and Adsorption Refrigeration System 233 7.1 The Technology of Adsorption Bed 233 7.2 The Influence of the Heat Capacity of the Metal Materials and Heat Transfer Medium on the Performance of the System 241 7.3 Other Components of the Adsorption System 246 7.4 Operation Control of Adsorption Refrigeration System 261 References 270 8 Design and Performance of the Adsorption Refrigeration System 273 8.1 Adsorption Chiller Driven by Low-Temperature Heat Source 273 8.2 Silica Gel-Water Adsorption Cooler with Chilled Water Tank 304 8.3 Adsorption Chiller Employing LiCl/Silica Gel-Methanol Working Pair 311 8.4 Adsorption Ice Maker Adopted Consolidated Activated Carbon-Methanol Working Pair and Used for a Fishing Boat 316 8.5 Heat Pipe Type Composite Adsorption Ice Maker for Fishing Boats 332 8.6 Two Stage Adsorption Refrigerator 356 8.7 Adsorption Refrigerator Using CaCl2/Expanded Graphite-NH3 362 8.8 Adsorption Refrigerator Using CaCl2/Activated Carbon-NH3 368 8.9 System Design and Performance of an Adsorption Energy Storage Cycle 373 References 390 9 Adsorption Refrigeration Driven by Solar Energy and Waste Heat 393 9.1 The Characteristics and Classification of Adsorption Refrigeration Systems Driven by Solar Energy 393 9.2 Design and Application of Integrated Solar Adsorption Refrigeration Systems 394 9.3 The Introduction of the Typical Integrated Solar Adsorption System 416 9.4 Design and Examples of Separated Solar Adsorption Refrigeration Systems 423 9.5 Solar Powered Adsorption Refrigeration by Parabolic Trough Collector 436 9.6 Other Types of Solar Adsorption Refrigeration Systems 443 9.7 Adsorption Refrigeration Technology for the Utilization of Waste Heat 446 9.8 Application of Adsorption Refrigeration Systems Driven by Waste Heat 449 References 485 Index 489