Numerical Modeling of Solar Methanol-Activated Carbon Adsorption Refrigeration System

This research work presents a numerical modeling of solaradsorption refrigeration system. The refrigerant of thesystem is methanol and activated carbon tubes work as theadsorbent bed. The ambient temperature and the solarirradiation are based on real climatic data on the 1st ofAugust in Tehran. The effect of various working parameterson the thermal and solar COP of the investigated system areinvestigated. Based on the results, the studied solarrefrigeration system may work with a reasonable COP. Inaddition, increment of the evaporator temperature leads toincrease both of the thermal and the solar coefficient ofperformances.

کلیدواژه ها:

Adsorption ، Methanol-activated carbon ، Heat and mass transfer ، Solar energy