Thermodynamic Study and Analysis of Heat Recovery Adsorption Refrigeration Cycle

Abstract

A detailed thermodynamic analysis of simple and regenerative cycles of adsorption refrigeration is presented. Two functions of the incoming and outgoing energy for the regenerative cycle using two isothermal adsorbers have been calculated, in order to obtain the heated adsorber temperature at the end of heat recovery. Results are presented in terms of performances for the pair activated carbon AC-35 as adsorbent and methanol as adsorbate. These results demonstrated that the performance coefficient of double bed adsorption refrigeration cycle increases with respect to the single bed configuration. Several main factors affecting the performances of cycles are discussed according to the results of computer simulations