Solid sorption refrigeration is a type of environmental benign and energy saving technology and the sorbents utilized can be divided into physical, chemical and composite sorbents, according to the nature of the forces involved in the adsorption process. The types, characteristics, advantages...

Composite adsorbents, comprising activated carbon and expanded natural graphite, have been developed, and their thermal conductivity, permeability and adsorption performance were tested. The thermal conductivity varied with the ratio of activated carbon to expanded natural graphite. Thermal...

An adsorption icemaker with energy storage system is proposed for the utilization of medium temperature solar energy. In this system, the solar energy collected by parabolic trough collector (PTC) was used to provide the heat source for the adsorption icemaker. The performance of the icemaker is...

In recent years, sorption processes are increasingly gaining attention in the field of TES (thermal energy storage), owing to their advantages of high storage density and no significant heat loss during storage process. In this paper, a novel three-phase sorption cycle is proposed and evaluated...

PCM (phase change material) is one of the most popular media in TES (thermal energy storage) system for its high energy storage density and suitable melting temperature. However, its low heat transfer performance leads to low rate of heat stored and released. In this paper, a highly thermal...

Recently CaCl2–BaCl2–NH3 chemisorption freezing cycle driven by low temperature heat source has been successfully developed. In order to develop one working pair with more desirable performance than CaCl2–BaCl2–NH3, working pairs of CaCl2–NaBr–NH3, CaCl2–BaCl2–NH3,...

Thermal energy storage is a necessary technology for the application of renewable energy and low-grade thermal energy. Chemical heat storage has been proved to be a feasible and promising method to store thermal energy. As compared to other thermal energy storage methods, chemical heat storage...

The green buildings of Shanghai Research Institute of Building Science include an office building for the demonstration of public building and two residential buildings, which are for the demonstration of flat and villa, respectively. Here, a solar-powered integrated energy system including...