Experimental results of an activated carbon-HFC 134a adsorption cooling system for thermal management of electronics

Banker, ND and Prasad, M and Dutta, P and Srinivasan, K (2011) Experimental results of an activated carbon-HFC 134a adsorption cooling system for thermal management of electronics. In: Applied Thermal Engineering, 31 (10). pp. 1607-1612.

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Abstract

Results of performance measurement of a small cooling capacity laboratory model of an adsorption refrigeration system for thermal management of electronics are compiled. This adsorption cooler was built with activated carbon as the adsorbent and HFC 134a as the refrigerant to produce a cooling capacity under 5 W using waste heat up to 90 degrees C. The thermal compression process is obtained from an ensemble of four solid sorption compressors. Parametric study was conducted with cycle times of 16 and 20 min, heat source temperatures from 73 to 87 degrees C and cooling loads from 3 to 4.9W. Overall system performance is analyzed using two indicators, namely, cooling effectiveness and normalized exergetic efficiency. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Applied Thermal Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Adsorption;Refrigeration; HFC 134a;Activated carbon;Thermal management
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2011 12:11
Last Modified:	01 Jun 2011 12:11
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37813

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