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Development and Application of Sustainable Refrigeration Adsorption Technology

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 618

Special Issue Editors

Department of Thermal Sciences, Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
Interests: thermal and mechanical processes in the area of power engineering, environmental engineering and refrigeration; modern refrigeration technologies for integrated co-generation and tri-generation systems (compression, absorption, and adsorption); the experimental analysis and numerical modeling of low-pressure phase transitions; increasing the physical and thermal capabilities of refrigerants by mixing and using nanoadditives
Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy, Italian National Council Research (CNR), 98126 Messina, Italy
Interests: development and characterization of materials and components for thermal energy storage and conversion; detailed models of heat and mass transfer in porous media; development of renewable heating and cooling solutions
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Department Heating and Cooling Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
Interests: sorption technology for heating and cooling applications in buildings, transport, refrigeration, and thermal energy storage; heat and mass transfer phenomena in adsorption components to increase compactness and cost-efficiency; combining novel experimental methods, such as frequency response methods, with modeling and numerical simulation; the development of simplified engineering design and evaluation methods and controller designs

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are inviting submissions for a Special Issue of Sustainability on the subject “Sustainable Adsorption Refrigeration Technology”. The ever-growing residential and industrial thermal loads, the demand of increased living standards and occupant comfort, and the rise of ecological awareness have led to the conclusion that there is a huge need for sustainable cooling systems. Systems that can utilize locally available renewable energy sources such as solar or waste heat could represent a viable solution. For this reason, thermally powered refrigeration is gaining more and more attention among the scientific and industrial communities.

Much has been written on adsorption refrigeration in the last forty years. Although the underlying concept is well understood, there is a great need to analyze real-scale demonstrations (e.g., pilot systems) and solve the implementation problems that are hindering the wide-scale application and adaptation of this technology. This technology is expected to play a crucial role in meeting the increasing heating/cooling demands of the growing population as well as in industrial applications, especially in the context of worldwide interest in green/net zero energy buildings and efficient industrial processes that require strict energy management.

This Issue aims to provide a comprehensive insight into the state of the art in the field of sustainable adsorption refrigeration technology, with a special focus on the following aspects:

  • Case studies and the application of open/closed adsorption cycles;
  • Advanced cycles;
  • The modelling of system-scale operation;
  • Adsorbent bed configurations;
  • Heat/mass transfer in adsorber/heat exchanger and evaporator/condenser units;
  • COP and SCP enhancement;
  • Other related topics.

Dr. Bartosz Zajaczkowski
Dr. Andrea Frazzica
Mr. Eric Laurenz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • open/closed adsorption cycles
  • energy efficiency and capacity enhancement
  • sorption technology for heating and cooling applications
  • waste heat valorisation
  • thermal management.

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