Adsorbent-Adsorbate Pairs for Solar Thermal Energy Storage in Residential Heating Applications: A Comparative Study
| dc.contributor.author | Narwal, Kapil | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kempers, Roger | |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Brien, Paul G. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-08T19:47:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-08T19:47:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | May-18 | |
| dc.description | Paper presented at 2018 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers International Congress, 27-30 May 2018. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates the feasibility of using different adsorbent-adsorbate pairs in a thermal energy storage cycle to store solar energy for residential heating applications in Canada. Silica gel, activated carbon, activated aluminum, zeolite-4A, zeolite-5A and zeolite-13X adsorbents paired with methanol and water adsorbates are considered. Calculations are made to determine the volume, mass and cost of the adsorbent-adsorbate pair required to heat a house with four occupants. Zeolite 4A-water and zeolite 13X-water pairs are found to be the most economic (with an actual cost of 285 CAD and 374 CAD, respectively) and efficient (maximum heat of adsorption) adsorbent-adsorbate pairs with the minimum mass required, (290 kg and 226 kg, respectively) to meet the spatial heating requirements of the house. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | CSME223 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-77355-023-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10315/35360 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/35360 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CSME-SCGM | en_US |
| dc.rights | The copyright for the paper content remains with the author | |
| dc.subject | Adsorption | |
| dc.subject | Adsorption pairs | |
| dc.subject | Thermal energy storage | |
| dc.subject | Advanced Energy Systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Heat Transfer | en_US |
| dc.title | Adsorbent-Adsorbate Pairs for Solar Thermal Energy Storage in Residential Heating Applications: A Comparative Study | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |