1. CHEMICAL ENGINEER University of Valladolid
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
CHILLING ADSORPTION
Ana Celina Gondim Santos
Sara Pérez Nieto
(Group B - 22)
Valladolid, 20 de Octubre de 2011

2. ADSORPTION REFRIGERATOR RESEARCHS APLICATIONS CONCLUSIONS
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INTRODUCTION
ADSORPTION REFRIGERATOR
RESEARCHS
APLICATIONS
CONCLUSIONS

3. 1. INTRODUCTION Cooling adsorption systems Advantages:
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1. INTRODUCTION
Cooling adsorption systems
Advantages:
● environmentally friendly refrigerants
● can recover waste heat at low temperature levels
● low operation costs
Evaluation of an Adsorption cooling system:
● coefficient of performance (COP)
● specific cooling power (SCP)
Oil crisis (1970)
Ecological problems (1990)

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2.1 System configuration and operation
ADSORBENT
ADSORBATE
Figure 1. General basis system layout of the adsorption chiller.
Adsorbent cooling:
adsorption process + refrigerant evaporation
Adsorbent heating:
desorption process + refrigerant condensation

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2.1 System configuration and operation
Figure 2. Photograph of the silica gel-water adsorption chiller.

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2.1 System configuration and operation
Figure 3. The adsorption icemaker during ice production.
Figure 4. Solar-powered icemaker without valves.

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2.2 Parameters of work
Parameters that influence in the performance of
the system:
● Temperature of cooling water
● Adsorption temperature
● Heating source temperature
● Desorption temperature
● Cycle time
load control tool
T↑ and madsorbed ↓ (Pconst)
T↑ and P↑ (madsorbed-const)
to get more cooling.

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2.3 Key issues for the development of adsorption systems
● The hight cost of production is a drawback for adsorption systems.
● To become more commercially attractive, it is necessary to make a cost and size reduction:
● Increasing the SCP throught enhancement of the internal and external heat transfer of the adsorber;
● Increasing the COP throught the improvement of the heat management.

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2.3 Key issues for the development of adsorption systems
The main technologies to enhance the external heat transfer are related to:
● extended surfaces: to increase of the heat exchange area;
● coated adsorbers: to increase the wall heat transfer coefficient;
● heat pipe technology: to have a high heat flux density and less intermediate elements.

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2.3 Key issues for the development of adsorption systems
The main technologies to enhance the internal heat transfer are related to:
● consolidated adsorbents: because consolidated adsorbents have lower mass transfer properties than granular adsorbents, which could lead to very low adsorption rates.

11. 3. RESEARCHS 3.1 Researches tendency
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3. RESEARCHS
3.1 Researches tendency
● Increase in adsorption cooling systems performance → compete with electric compression machines.
● R&D develop performing
● Harmonization of the adsorbent with the thermodynamic cycle.
Adsorbents
Components
Sistems

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3.1 Researches tendency
Investigation in adsorbing materials:
● silica gel/water
● zeolite/water
● activated carbon
● activated carbon fibres/ammonia
● Methanol
● R134a

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Adsorption refrigeration systems modelling:
● Many modelling techniques;
● Simulate the adsorption refrigeration systems;
● Simulation techniques:
● lumped-parameter ;
● lumped analytical ;
● dynamic ;
● distributed .

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● Overall heat transfer coefficient for adsorbent beds;
● Evaporator;
● Condenser.

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3.1 Researches tendency
Researches about adsorption cooling:
● evaluation of adsorption and physical-chemical properties of the working-pairs;
● development of predictive models of their behaviour in different working conditions.
● study of the different kinds of cycles.
Divided into some specifics ways to improve adsorption cooling systems.

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3.1 Researches tendency
Figura 5. Design drawing and a frontal view of the adsorption chiler test facility.

17. 3. RESEARCHS 3.2 Read Researches
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3. RESEARCHS
3.2 Read Researches
Development and test of two heat regenerative adsorption systems:
● ice making and air conditioning;
● activated carbon-methanol adsorption pair;
● cycle time was short → good heat transfer.

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3. RESEARCHS
3.2 Read Researches
Synthesis and characterization of a new composite sorbent:
● Improve the adsorbent;
● Make the isobars of ads-/desorption steeper;
● Increase the mass of water exchanged at the same boundary conditions;
● Improve the hydrothermal stability.

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Testing of the lab scale adsorption chiller:
● Study the influence of the cycle time;
● Study the relative duration of the isobaric steps;
● Relative duration of the isobaric steps on the performance of an adsorption cooling system.

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Design and performance prediction of a new generation adsorption chiller:
(Mathematical model)
● Describe the heat and mass transfer process
● Adsorbent bed
● the composite adsorbent
● the metal of the tube
● the working fluids
● Condenser
● cooling water
● refrigerant

21. 3. RESEARCHS 3.2 Read Researches Optimization the operation strategy :
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3.2 Read Researches
Optimization the operation strategy :
● Different temperatures of hot water inlet, cooling water inlet and chilling water inlet → different COP and cooling capacity;
● Conventional chiller;
● Composite adsorbent
higher cooling capacity
COP slightly higher

22. 4 . APLICATIONS ● Jiagsu Province, China
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4 . APLICATIONS
● Jiagsu Province, China
● cool a grain depot during hot summers ;
● silica-gel adsorption chiller driven by a low temperature heat source .
● Shanghai Research Institute of Building Science
● chillers being used in the air conditioning system of a “green” building.

23. Figure 6. (a) Shanghai ‘‘Green’’ Building; (b) equipment room.
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4 . APLICATIONS
(a)
(b)
Figure 6. (a) Shanghai ‘‘Green’’ Building; (b) equipment room.

24. 4 . APLICATIONS ● small power adsorption chillers
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4 . APLICATIONS
● European project Climasol
● examples of buildings that already use solar-powered sorption air conditioners
● System located in the cosmetic company
● adsorption chillers powered by hot water in the summer
● Chinese policy for energy exploitation
● small power adsorption chillers
● suitable for combined cooling, heating and power systems or heating and power system

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5 . CONCLUSIONS
We tried to synthesize the four articles, taking the best that each had. It was observed that:
Adsorption cooling systems are becoming increasingly considered for applications where cooling is required and low grade heat is available.
Adsorption refrigerating machines consist essentially of an evaporator, a condenser, valves, and an adsorber-reactor containing a porous medium as adsorbent.
Some parameters influence in the performance of the system and there are drawbacks in these systems that don’t make them so commercially attractive.
Researches about adsorption cooling are divided into some specifics ways to improve adsorption cooling systems.
Looking for real application for the cooling adsorption, some buildings and grain depot were found in Asia and Europe.

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Thank you!

27. CHEMICAL ENGINEER University of Valladolid
Chemical Engineering Laboratory II
CHILLING ADSORPTION
Ana Celina Gondim Santos
Sara Pérez Nieto
(Group B - 22)
Valladolid, 20 de Octubre de 2011