Solar air collectors have various applications: on the one hand, they can be used for air heating in cold seasons; on …

the system performance identifying the specific cooling power (<i>SCP</i>) and coefficient of performance (<i>COP</i>). A …

A fully predictive computational fluid dynamics approach is assessed for the flow of cooling air in an axially cooled …

supply with demand. In buildings Phase Change Materials (PCMs) are increasingly being used to reduce the heating and cooling …

of the cooling unit are a shell and tube adsorbent bed, an evaporator, a condenser, heating and cooling baths …In this study, a thermally driven adsorption cooling unit using natural zeolite–water as the adsorbent–refrigerant pair …°C evaporator temperatures, the COP of the adsorption cooling unit is approximately 0.25 and the maximum average …

The potential applicability of subsurface cooling in Singapore’s condition was investigated. Three operation modes with … different heat rejection methods were proposed. Mode 1 is an open-loop groundwater cooling system combined with cooling towers …; Mode 2 is a pure groundwater cooling system without cooling towers; and Mode 3 is a surface water cooling system. Contrary …

simulation, it is found that the specific cooling power and the coefficient of performance are reduced and the peak chilled water … adsorbents should be considered for the design of adsorption heat exchanger for adsorption cooling applications. …

This paper presents a review of the available technologies to provide cooling from solar energy for both thermal and … cons analysis of the different solar thermal cooling processes. A market study is also carried out to evidence the … potential of these solar cooling technologies. Finally, an overview of various solar cooling installations in Europe, Egypt and …

This article suggests a detailed comparison of 7 working pairs intended for use in solar adsorption cooling systems … different cooling applications with an SCOP ranging from 0.1726 to 0.3287. …

external mass transfer, respectively. Silica gel–water pair widely used in the adsorption cooling systems is chosen to be an … conductivity, bed thickness, evaporator pressure, condenser pressure, driving heat source temperature and cooling source …-driving heat source temperature and decreasing condenser pressure-cooling source temperature. The duration of adsorption process is …