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Tamainot-Telto, Zacharie, Metcalf, Steven J. and Critoph, Robert E. (2009) Novel compact sorption generators for car air conditioning. International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol.32 (No.4 Sp. Iss.). pp. 727-733. doi:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.11.010 ISSN 0140-7007.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.11.010
Abstract
A prototype compact generator using the activated carbon-ammonia pair based on the plate heat exchanger concept has been designed and built at Warwick University. The novel generator has low thermal mass and good heat transfer. The heat exchanger uses nickel-brazed shims and spacers to create adsorbent layers only 4 mm thick between pairs of liquid flow channels of very low thermal mass. The prototype sorption generator manufactured was evaluated under EU car air conditioning test conditions.
The prototype sorption generator is described and its experimental performance reported. While driven with waste heat from the engine coolant water (at 90 degrees C), a pair of the current prototype generators (loaded with about 1 kg of activated carbon) operating out of phase has produced an average cooling power 1.6 kW with about 2 kW peaks. The typical average COP obtained is 0.22.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Alternative Title: | Nouveau générateur compact à sorption pour le conditionnement d’air automobile | ||||
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Automobiles -- Air conditioning, Carbon, Activated, Adsorption, Ammonia, Heat recovery, Prototypes, Engineering, Electric generators | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Refrigeration | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0140-7007 | ||||
Official Date: | June 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.32 | ||||
Number: | No.4 Sp. Iss. | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 727-733 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2008.11.010 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | European Union (EU) | ||||
Grant number: | TST4-CT-2005-012394 (EU) | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Paper previously presented at: International Sorption Heat Pump Conference (ISHPC 2008), Seoul, South Korea, 23-26 Sept, 2008. |
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