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Implementation of Fluidized Bed Concept to Improve Heat Transfer in Ecological Adsorption Cooling and Desalination Systems

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  • Karolina Grabowska

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Jaroslaw Krzywanski

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Anna Zylka

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Anna Kulakowska

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Dorian Skrobek

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Marcin Sosnowski

    (Faculty of Science and Technology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Radomir Ščurek

    (Institute of Intelligence Studies, University of Defence, Kounicova 65, 662 10 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Wojciech Nowak

    (Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, Poland)

  • Tomasz Czakiert

    (Department of Advanced Energy Technologies, Czestochowa University of Technology, Dabrowskiego 73, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland)

Abstract

Sustainable development policy focuses on reducing the carbon footprint generated by the global industry and energy sector. Replacing conventional energy sources with environmentally friendly ones requires advanced research to increase energy efficiency and reduce the instability and intermittence of renewable sources. Moreover, adsorption chillers are an opportunity to introduce net-zero emission technologies to the refrigeration, air-conditioning, and desalination industries. Adsorption devices could be popularized if a method of effective heat transfer in the volume of the adsorption bed is developed. The innovative concept of introducing fluidized beds into the adsorption system can achieve the most promising results in improving energy efficiency. To confirm the adopted assumption, heat transfer coefficient calculations for the packed and fluidized bed were carried out in this paper based on experimental tests and literature data. The empirical research aims to extend the fundamental knowledge in the implementation of fluidization under low-pressure conditions, characteristic of the adsorption systems’ working cycle. Experiments were conducted on a unique test stand equipped with the Intensified Heat Transfer Adsorption Bed (IHTAB) reactor prototype. Five adsorption bed samples were analyzed. The reference sample consisted only of silica gel, and the subsequent ones contained aluminum or carbon nanotubes with 5 and 10% additions. In the case of samples with admixtures, the fluidized state increased the heat transfer coefficient on average from approx. 36.9 W/m 2 K to approx. 245.4 W/m 2 K.

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  • Karolina Grabowska & Jaroslaw Krzywanski & Anna Zylka & Anna Kulakowska & Dorian Skrobek & Marcin Sosnowski & Radomir Ščurek & Wojciech Nowak & Tomasz Czakiert, 2024. "Implementation of Fluidized Bed Concept to Improve Heat Transfer in Ecological Adsorption Cooling and Desalination Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(2), pages 1-15, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:2:p:379-:d:1317736
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