固体吸附式制冷系统中吸附床传热传质研究进展

总结了近２０年来国内外吸附式制冷循环系统中吸附床传热传质研究的发展及现状。将吸附床传热传质数学模型分为３类进行了讨论：（１）均匀温度场模型；（２）均匀压力场模型；（３）非均匀温度场和压力场模型。以具体的吸附器结构为例，详细描述了不同数学模型的前提建模方法和适用范围，指出了吸附床传热传质数值研究的发展趋势。     

利用热管强化吸附床内的传热传质

为了强化吸附式制冷吸附床内的传热传质，设计了利用高效传热元件热管作为内翅片的吸附床。在能量守恒关系和吸附平衡方程的基础上建立了吸附床的数学模型，并对此模型用数值方法进行了求解。求解结果表明利用热管元件可以显著的改善吸附床内的传热传质过程，缩短了吸附式制冷的循环时间，提高了系统的效率，该数学模型为吸附床的设计参数的选择和优化等提供了依据。     

基于平行流铝扁管吸附床传热性能的模拟研究

吸附床是吸附式制冷系统的关键部件。吸附床的换热能力对吸附式制冷系统的各项性能有显著影响。文章针对应用于吸附床的传统换热器和扁管换热器的不足之处,设计出一种新型平行流铝扁管吸附床,并建立了该吸附床的二维传热模型,以温度随时间的变化情况为分析指标,分析翅片的间距、高度、厚度,以及吸附剂体积分数等因素对吸附床传热性能的影响,从而优化调整吸附床的结构,提高其换热性能。分析结果表明:当翅片高度约为70 mm时,吸附床的换热能力达到峰值;当翅片厚度大于1.5 mm时,翅片厚度的增加对吸附床传热性能的影响比较微弱;当吸附剂体积分数由0.25逐渐增大至0.45时,吸附剂的等效传热系数约增加了50%。     

固体吸附式制冷系统中吸附剂粒径及吸附床总孔隙率对吸附床传热性能的影响研究

文章采用数值模拟方法研究了圆筒型吸附床的二维非稳态脱附传热过程,并基于综合导热系数和接触热阻分析了吸附剂的粒径和吸附床的总孔隙率对吸附床传热性能的影响,以及吸附床的总孔隙率与吸附剂粒径的最优组合。分析结果表明:当吸附床的总孔隙率较大时,吸附剂粒径对吸附床传热性能的影响更为明显,且吸附剂粒径越小,吸附床的传热性能越好;随着吸附剂粒径逐渐增大,吸附床总孔隙率对吸附床传热性能的影响呈现出不同的变化趋势;当吸附剂的粒径较小且吸附床的总孔隙率较大时,吸附床的传热性能最优。     

翅片管整体传热传质强化的太阳能吸附式制冷系统性能研究

针对太阳能金属管式吸附床传热传质存在的不足,采用增加吸附管传热翅片及增大传质通道的方法,提出一种整体强化传热传质的新型翅片管设计方法,分别设计两种结构形式的太阳能吸附集热器,建立采用活性炭-甲醇为工质对的太阳能吸附式制冷系统。实验表明,采用吸附管横放、两端分别连接汇流导管形式的太阳能翅片管式吸附集热床可明显改善系统制冷性能,其吸附制冷效率是采用吸附管纵向放置、从翅片管上部通过导管连接到汇流导管的吸附床的太阳能吸附式制冷系统的3.56倍。采用性能较好的吸附床可构建太阳能吸附式制冷系统,并在晴朗无云、晴天有时有云、多云辐射强烈及多云辐射微弱4种典型天气情况下,进行吸附制冷系统运行特性和制冷性能实验研究,结果表明前三种天气条件下吸附床维持较高温度(≥80℃)超过4 h,制冷剂解吸较为充分,均产生制冰效果,制冷效率较高,COP最高达0.129;在多云太阳辐射微弱天气条件下,虽然吸附床维持在较高温度(≥80℃)时间不到2 h,但COP可达0.039,体现出该翅片管式吸附床良好的天气适应性。     

吸附床传热传质数学模型研究

在固体吸附制冷循环中,实际的吸附(解吸)过程都是非平衡吸附过程,与理论循环之间存在较大差距.建立吸附式制冷系统吸附床传热传质数学模型,利用数值方法对数学模型进行求解.采用SCP(单位质量吸附剂的制冷功率)优先,同时兼顾COP(性能系数,即制冷量与加热量的比值)的策略,依据建立的吸附床传热传质数学模型进行计算,从而确定吸附式制冷系统循环的最佳周期是24 min,并分析了吸附单元管的长度尺寸对整个制冷系统循环性能的影响.     

固体吸附式制冷的关键技术研究

描述吸附容量的Ｄ－Ａ方程、吸附床内的传热传质、新型热力循环的潜力与可行性、吸附系统的技术经济性和优化控制、实际吸附循环理论以及双效／多效吸附式制冷等是吸附式制冷尚需进行研究的基础课题。本文对固体吸附式制冷机的关键技术进行了探讨。     

一种新颖的太阳能制冷管及其性能实验研究

一种新颖结构的太阳能吸附制冷管,其吸附床由一种具有高强度,高吸附性能和导热性能,并对太阳能具有高吸收率的复合吸附剂块组成,与已有的太阳能制冷系统相比,每根冷管生成一个制冷系统,结构简单,密封性好,同时吸附床可直接吸收太阳辐射,提高了对太阳能的有效利用。实验表明,在未采用专门的集热装置,吸附床向阳面温度仅为７５℃左右的情况下,冷管的性能,系数可达８％左右。     

太阳能吸附器中强化热传导性能的实验研究

针对太阳能吸附式制冷循环过程中,吸附剂热传导性能低的特点,研究采用高分子复合强化吸附剂提高其传热性能.发现少量导热高分子材料在吸附剂颗粒表面形成均匀连续的导热网,可使吸附剂的有效导热系数提高2-4倍,且吸附性能变化不大.     

柴油机余热吸附式制冷系统的动力学实验研究

提出了一种发动机排气余热驱动的以氯化钙－氨为工质对的吸附式制冷机的设计方法，在实际工况下对该系统进行了测试，得出了系统的工作特性曲线，并采用吸附制冷单管实验台，对制冷系统单元吸附床在解吸和吸附过程中的传热传质特性进行了研究，结果表明，在恒定蒸发压力下，制冷能力随进入发生器的热流变化，吸附床内的传质过程主要受传热过程影响。     

新型固体吸附制冷吸附床的结构比较研究

参考国内外现有的固体吸附床结构 ,利用相似原理比较了气 -液、气 -气、液 -液换热器结构的传热特点 ,得出板翅式和翅片管式固体吸附床比管壳式固体吸附床具有传热系数高和传热面积大的优点。本文提出在逐渐解决固体填充和加工工艺困难的前提下 ,板翅式和翅片管式固体吸附床具有很好的应用前景     

固体吸附式制冷强化传热研究进展

吸附床的传热强化是影响固体吸附式制冷的主要因素。简述了吸附制冷的强化传热研究进展,介绍了几种常用的吸附床强化传热方法,提出了固体吸附式制冷强化传热的研究方向。     

管式吸附床强化传热结构的研究

介绍了吸附式制冷系统中吸附床的三种强化传热模型结构设计方案。应用ANSYS有限元分析软件分别对这几种吸附床模型结构进行了传热数值分析。通过分析比较模型结构中的温度场分布,提出优化设计的方案。分析的结果可以对今后管式吸附床的强化传热结构设计提供参考。     

Heat and mass transfer in a non-isothermal fixed bed solid adsorbent reactor: a uniform pressure-non-uniform temperature case

A uniform pressure model is presented to describe the heat and mass transfer in a fixed bed of solid adsorbent in a finned reactor. This model neglects the resistance to mass diffusion but takes into account the resistances to heat diffusion through two coefficients: the heat conductivity of the adsorbent bed and the heat transfer coefficient between the adsorbent bed and the fins. An experiment has been conducted to validate this model and the two heat transfer coefficients are obtained by an identification technique. When the temperature of the closed reactor is modified on one side of the reactor, large temperature inhomogeneities inside the reactor are observed and mass transfer occurs through a heat pipe effect: the model explains that effect which is observed experimentally. That uniform pressure model is more adapted to describe the history of solid adsorbent reactors used in thermal processes than uniform temperature models proposed by other authors.     

Design and Investigation of Heat Transfer in a New Adsorbent Bed With CPC for Solar Adsorption Refrigeration Systems

This article presents the design and the heat transfer study in a novel adsorbent bed with compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) for solar adsorption chillers. The objectives of the study were to investigate the heat transfer in the adsorbent bed experimentally, and to verify the fins layout through finite-element analysis (FEA) simulation. CPCs with different concentration ratios were experimentally tested and an appropriate design of CPC was selected for a prototype. The prototype was designed with the objective of improving the heat and mass transfer ability of the adsorbent bed. Fins were placed in the transverse direction under the receiver area of each CPC. Spaces were provided from three sides of the adsorbent for easy movement of the refrigerant. FEA software was used to study the effect of the fins layout and fins pitch. The experimental results showed that the heat was efficiently transferring up to the end and extended parts of the bed. Simulation results indicated that the present strategy of placing the fins in a transverse direction gives uniform heat distribution compared to a fins layout with fins placed in a longitudinal direction. The proposed design scheme will be helpful to improve the system performance by increasing the heat and mass transfer ability of an adsorbent bed.     

A zeolite-coated bed for air conditioning adsorption systems: parametric study of heat and mass transfer by dynamic simulation

In this paper the heat and mass transfer properties of a new zeolite-coated adsorbent bed to be employed in sorption air conditioning systems are investigated by a modelling approach. It consists of a dynamic model which allows to calculate the exchanged energies, the cycle time and, thus, the specific power of the bed. The analysis of the model results, has shown that the proposed configuration (in which the heat transfer enhancement is mainly related to the good adhesion between metal and adsorbent) is very interesting if compared with the traditional beds. Furthermore, to determine the conditions which allow to obtain the most effective heat and mass transfer in the new adsorbent bed, an optimisation study has been carried out.     

Effects of porosity on heat and mass transfer in a granular adsorbent bed

In the present study, the mechanism of heat and mass transfer in an annulus adsorbent is handled. The heat and mass transfer equations for the adsorbent bed and the mass balance equation for the adsorbent granules are numerically solved to obtain the distributions of temperature, pressure, adsorptive density and adsorbate concentration in the adsorbent bed. The study is performed for the silica gel–water pair and for three different values of porosity as 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3. The distributions of temperature and adsorbate concentration are considerably influenced from the bed porosity. The adsorption period increases with the increase of the porosity value. The porosity affects the pressure and adsorptive density distributions at the beginning of the process and after a relatively short time, the averages of these dependent variables approach to the final equilibrium state.     

Comparative study on adsorbent characteristics for adsorption thermal energy storage system

The adsorption performance of the thermal energy storage (TES) system changes depending on the material properties of the adsorbent itself, but the change of the hardware structure can also substantially change the adsorption characteristics. In this study, a laboratory‐scale adsorption‐based TES system was constructed, and the adsorption performance of three adsorbents was evaluated in the same system to compare the adsorption performance between adsorbents. The adsorption characteristics of silica gel, zeolite 13X, and 4A, which are the most preferred adsorbents in the physical adsorption‐based TES system, were selected for evaluation. Experiments with each adsorbent were performed, including heat recovery to evaluate the heat transfer effect and the amount of heat recoverable in the actual TES system. Experimental results have identified several key characteristics of the adsorption and performance of each adsorbent in the TES system, as well as operating parameters that determine the influence of adsorption performance on the TES system. The actual energy storage density of the adsorbent is affected not only by the enthalpy of adsorption of the material itself but also by other factors. These factors include the difference in thermal conductivity that causes a difference in temperature distribution and the magnitude of mass transfer resistance due to the shape of the adsorbent particle and the actual TES system reactor structure. If the reaction heat generated during the adsorption reaction cannot be effectively released, the adsorption performance is significantly lowered due to the increased temperature of the reactor inside. This phenomenon was commonly observed in adsorbents examined in the present study. The uptake amount, X [g/g], was increased by allowing the inside of the reactor to be maintained at a lower temperature through heat recovery. In case of silica gel, the temperature rise during adsorption reaction is not high due to the difference of isotherm characteristics compared with zeolites, but it is possible to absorb more amount of adsorbate and to recover heat for a longer time. The energy storage density is affected by the temperature increase effect and the uptake amount of adsorbate during the adsorption reaction. The experimental results show that the energy storage density of zeolite 13X is 15% and 28.7% higher than that of silica gel and 4A, respectively, and the temperature rise due to heat generation during adsorption reaction is also high, which is advantageous in adsorption TES system performance.