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Conference Paper: Improved thermal conductivity of 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbent by cnt embedment
| Title | Improved thermal conductivity of 13X/CaCl<inf>2</inf> composite adsorbent by cnt embedment |
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| Issue Date | 2013 |
| Citation | ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, HT 2013, 2013, v. 1 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Adsorption cooling systems utilize the principle of adsorption to generate cooling effect. Composite adsorbents synthesized from zeolite 13X and CaCl 2 have previously been shown to have a high adsorption capacity and high adsorption rate with lower desorption temperature where the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate are 420% and 122% of zeolite 13X under the same condition respectively. This results in more compact design and a lower temperature waste-heat source can be used. The system performance is, however, limited by the low thermal conductivity of the 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbent which is common for many adsorbents. Due to the low thermal conductivity of the adsorbent, poor heat transfer and slow temperature change in the adsorbent bed lead to longer time for the adsorbent to achieve the adsorption/desorption temperature. This directly reduces the adsorption/desorption rate of the adsorbate on the adsorbent, such as water on zeolite, and results in lower system coefficient of performance (COP) and specific cooling power (SCP). It was proposed that embedding carbon nanotube (CNT) into the 13X/CaCl2 composite absorbents can increase the thermal conductivity of the adsorbent bed to improve the system performance. Thus, the properties of the multi-wall CNT (MWCNT) embedded zeolite 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbents were investigated to find out the optimized composition for the cooling system. The material properties of the MWCNT embedded zeolite 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbent were measured. The thermal conductivities of the MWCNT embedded 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbents were predicted by developing a new theoretical model modified based on area contact model. The performance of the adsorption cooling system using zeolite 13X and MWCNT embedded composite adsorbent were studied numerically. It is found that the COP and SCP are improved by 3.6 and 26 times respectively. This results in a much more compact and energy efficient cooling system. Copyright © 2013 by ASME. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/255942 |
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| dc.contributor.author | Chan, K. C. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Chao, Christopher Y H | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-16T06:14:08Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-16T06:14:08Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, HT 2013, 2013, v. 1 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/255942 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Adsorption cooling systems utilize the principle of adsorption to generate cooling effect. Composite adsorbents synthesized from zeolite 13X and CaCl 2 have previously been shown to have a high adsorption capacity and high adsorption rate with lower desorption temperature where the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate are 420% and 122% of zeolite 13X under the same condition respectively. This results in more compact design and a lower temperature waste-heat source can be used. The system performance is, however, limited by the low thermal conductivity of the 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbent which is common for many adsorbents. Due to the low thermal conductivity of the adsorbent, poor heat transfer and slow temperature change in the adsorbent bed lead to longer time for the adsorbent to achieve the adsorption/desorption temperature. This directly reduces the adsorption/desorption rate of the adsorbate on the adsorbent, such as water on zeolite, and results in lower system coefficient of performance (COP) and specific cooling power (SCP). It was proposed that embedding carbon nanotube (CNT) into the 13X/CaCl2 composite absorbents can increase the thermal conductivity of the adsorbent bed to improve the system performance. Thus, the properties of the multi-wall CNT (MWCNT) embedded zeolite 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbents were investigated to find out the optimized composition for the cooling system. The material properties of the MWCNT embedded zeolite 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbent were measured. The thermal conductivities of the MWCNT embedded 13X/CaCl2 composite adsorbents were predicted by developing a new theoretical model modified based on area contact model. The performance of the adsorption cooling system using zeolite 13X and MWCNT embedded composite adsorbent were studied numerically. It is found that the COP and SCP are improved by 3.6 and 26 times respectively. This results in a much more compact and energy efficient cooling system. Copyright © 2013 by ASME. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conf. Collocated with the ASME 2013 7th Int. Conf. on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th Int. Conf. on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, HT 2013 | - |
| dc.title | Improved thermal conductivity of 13X/CaCl<inf>2</inf> composite adsorbent by cnt embedment | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1115/HT2013-17168 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84892991986 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 1 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | null | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | null | - |