ShareAdsorption cooling system for cold storage using methanol/silica gel.
Author(s) : OERTEL K., FISCHER M.
Type of article: Article
Summary
For cold storage of agricultural products at temperatures of 2-4 deg C in India, a solar-hybrid cooling system has been developed, using solar energy from flat plate collectors and the waste heat of a genset, operated with producer gas. A commercially available low temperature (80-90 deg C) adsorption cooling system for air conditioning applications had to be modified for operation at cooling temperatures below the freezing point of water. Methanol instead of water was investigated as a refrigerant. Because of the inferior thermodynamic properties of methanol and the lower operation temperature, efficiency is reduced. Results of tests and calculations are given.
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- Original title: Adsorption cooling system for cold storage using methanol/silica gel.
- Record ID : 1999-1558
- Languages: English
- Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 18 - n. 9-10
- Publication date: 1998/09
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- Themes: Absorption and adsorption systems
- Keywords: Refrigerating system; Silica gel; Methanol; Adsorption system; India; Cold storage
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