Towards optimum specifications of adsorbent for heat pump and refrigeration applications

In the prospect of manufacturing specific activated carbon adsorbent, a research work is carried out with the objective of screening a large number adsorbent models (more than 60,000) and identifying suitable ones with optimum characteristics for three applications: Ice marking (TC=35oC, TE=-5 oC), Air conditioning (TC=35oC, TE=15oC) and Heat pump (TC=40oC, TE=5oC). For each application, the driving temperature will range from 65oC to 200oC. Overall, the preliminary simulation results show that for each adsorbent model with each application, the refrigerant uptake variation has an optimum