TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of silica gel-based composites for adsorption cooling applications
AU - Younes, Mohamed M.
AU - El-Sharkawy, Ibrahim I.
AU - Kabeel, A. E.
AU - Uddin, Kutub
AU - Miyazaki, Takahiko
AU - Saha, Bidyut Baran
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd and IIR
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - In this study, adsorption characteristics of water vapor onto several silica gel-based composites have been investigated experimentally. Adsorbent samples under investigation are silica gel powder (SGP), 98wt% SGP with 2wt% Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) binder, 93wt% SGP, 2wt% PVP binder with 5wt% EG500 and 93wt% SGP, 2wt% PVP binder with 5wt% EG100. The three composite samples have been named as (S1-PVP), (S2-EG500) and (S3-EG100), respectively. Porous properties and thermal conductivity of S2-EG500 and S3-EG100 have been measured and compared with that of SGP. Experimental results showed that S2-EG500 has higher effect on enhancing the thermal conductivity of the composites where its thermal conductivity reached about 2.8 times that of SGP whilst thermal conductivity of S3-EGP100 is found to be about 2.3 times that of SGP. Adsorption isotherms of composite samples/water pairs have been measured gravimetrically at 30, 50 and 70 °C. The Tóth and Dubinin-Astakhov (D-A) equations have been used to fit adsorption uptake measurements, Tóth equation shows a better fitting. Isosteric heat of adsorption of the studied pairs have been extracted from the experimental measurements using Clausius-Clapeyron equation. The Linear Driving Force (LDF) model is found to be able to present adsorption kinetics of the studied pairs through a good agreement with the experimental data.
AB - In this study, adsorption characteristics of water vapor onto several silica gel-based composites have been investigated experimentally. Adsorbent samples under investigation are silica gel powder (SGP), 98wt% SGP with 2wt% Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) binder, 93wt% SGP, 2wt% PVP binder with 5wt% EG500 and 93wt% SGP, 2wt% PVP binder with 5wt% EG100. The three composite samples have been named as (S1-PVP), (S2-EG500) and (S3-EG100), respectively. Porous properties and thermal conductivity of S2-EG500 and S3-EG100 have been measured and compared with that of SGP. Experimental results showed that S2-EG500 has higher effect on enhancing the thermal conductivity of the composites where its thermal conductivity reached about 2.8 times that of SGP whilst thermal conductivity of S3-EGP100 is found to be about 2.3 times that of SGP. Adsorption isotherms of composite samples/water pairs have been measured gravimetrically at 30, 50 and 70 °C. The Tóth and Dubinin-Astakhov (D-A) equations have been used to fit adsorption uptake measurements, Tóth equation shows a better fitting. Isosteric heat of adsorption of the studied pairs have been extracted from the experimental measurements using Clausius-Clapeyron equation. The Linear Driving Force (LDF) model is found to be able to present adsorption kinetics of the studied pairs through a good agreement with the experimental data.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2020.04.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089177709
SN - 0140-7007
VL - 118
SP - 345
EP - 353
JO - International Journal of Refrigeration
JF - International Journal of Refrigeration
ER -