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High performance high-purity sol-gel derived carbon supercapacitors from renewable sources

Garcia, Betzaida Batalla; Candelaria, Stephanie L.; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 6, pp. 1788-1794

In this study highly pure carbons synthesized using resorcinol furaldehyde catalyzed with hexamethylenetetramine (an amine base) are tested for supercapacitor electrodes. This synthesis is not only from all-organic renewable sources, but can also significantly increase the performance of the...

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Adsorption–desorption operations of multilayer desiccant packed bed for dehumidification applications

Kabeel, A.E. - In: Renewable Energy 34 (2009) 1, pp. 255-265

air humidity and velocity on the adsorption process for each bed layer was studied at different inlet velocities and at …

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Biodiesel production from waste coconut oil by esterification with ethanol: The effect of water removal by adsorption

Oliveira, João Felipe G.; Lucena, Izabelly Larissa; … - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 11, pp. 2581-2584

investigated in this study. The reaction was performed with and without adsorption of water in order to verify the effect of … methanol, conversions over 99%mol were observed. Simultaneous water adsorption allowed the use of lower alcohol/oil molar …

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Building and experimentation of a solar powered adsorption refrigerator

Lemmini, F.; Errougani, A. - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 13, pp. 1989-2003

A solar powered adsorption refrigerator using the pair activated carbon AC35-methanol is presented in this paper. It …

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Improved utilization of desiccant material in packed bed dehumidifier using composite particles

Ramzy K., A.; Kadoli, R.; Ashok Babu, T.P. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 2, pp. 732-742

processes has shown that the entire portion of the particle is not participating effectively during adsorption as well as … well with the experimental results from the literature for both desorption and adsorption processes. From the theoretical … 20.46% in total mass adsorbed and desorbed respectively are obtained. At the time when adsorption process ends, an …

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Cycle stability of sorption materials and composites for the use in heat pumps and cooling machines

Henninger, S.K.; Munz, G.; Ratzsch, K.-F.; Schossig, P. - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 11, pp. 3043-3049

Thermally driven adsorption chillers and heat pumps are a very promising approach toward an efficient use of energy as …

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Towards a one tonne per day solar ice maker

Critoph, R.E. - In: Renewable Energy 9 (1996) 1, pp. 626-631

There is a need for heat operated refrigeration systems in areas of the world which have a warm climate and also have no firm electricity supply. Research is underway on carbon - ammonia refrigerators driven by the heat of steam condensing in a thermosyphon heat pipe. The heat source can be...

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Regeneration and efficiency characterization of hybrid adsorbent for thermal energy storage of excess and solar heat

Dicaire, Daniel; Tezel, F. Handan - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 3, pp. 986-992

Adsorption Thermal Energy Storage (TES) is a promising technology for long term thermal energy storage of excess and … solar heat. By using the exothermic reversible adsorption process, excess heat from an incinerator or solar heat from the … this study, a lab scale high throughput open loop forced air adsorption TES has been built. A series of adsorption …

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Research and development of consolidated adsorbent for adsorption systems

Wang, S.G.; Wang, R.Z.; Li, X.R. - In: Renewable Energy 30 (2005) 9, pp. 1425-1441

Adsorption heat pump and refrigeration systems are noiseless, non-corrosive and environment friendly. For these reasons … adsorption chillers due to their various economic and impressive environmental benefits, enabling solar energy or waste heat to … paper provides a literature review on current progress of consolidated adsorbent for adsorption systems. A number of …

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Feasibility study of using agriculture waste as desiccant for air conditioning system

Khedari, J.; Rawangkul, R.; Chimchavee, W.; Hirunlabh, J.; … - In: Renewable Energy 28 (2003) 10, pp. 1617-1628

This research was aimed at investigating the feasibility of using dried agricultural waste as desiccant for an open cycle air conditioning system. The natural fibers are, therefore, intended to replace chemical desiccant such as silica gel, molecular sieves etc. The investigation was limited to...

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