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Carbon-ammonia adsorption cycle mobile air conditioning system.

Author(s) : METCALF S. J., CRITOPH R. E., TAMAINOT-TELTO Z.

Summary

The European Commission (EC) has estimated that the use of automobile air-conditioning in the EU increases the annual fuel consumption of cars by 4-8% (EC, 2003). In addition, the HFC refrigerant R-134a currently used in mobile air conditioning applications has a high global warming potential. Replacement of these systems could therefore result in significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. The University of Warwick is currently developing an adsorption air-conditioning system as part of the EU TOPMACS project, which is driven by the waste heat from the engine. This system therefore causes no direct increase in fuel consumption. Additionally, the ammonia refrigerant to be used has no global warming potential. This paper presents the design and computational modelling of the system.

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  • Original title: Carbon-ammonia adsorption cycle mobile air conditioning system.
  • Record ID : 2007-2276
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Ammonia Refrigeration Technology for Today and Tomorrow.
  • Publication date: 2007/04/19

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