D122 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ADSORPTION COOLING SYSTEM USING ACTIVATED CARBON POWDER/ETHANOL PAIR

Abstract

Operating conditions play an important role in order to achieve the maximum performance for an adsorption cooling system. Therefore, in this study the performance of an adsorption cooling system using activated carbon powder/ethanol pair has been experimentally investigated by varying the heat source temperatures ranging from 70 to 90℃. From the theoretical calculations, it was shown that increasing the heating source temperature gives significant results on the adsorption heat value. The experimental study revealed heat losses that would cause degradations in COP in the actual system.