In this paper, the effect of the chilled water outlet temperature on the performance of a three-bed adsorption chiller has been numerically studied. In the present numerical solution, the heat source temperature variation is taken from 50°C to 90°C and along with coolant inlet temperature at 30°C and the chilled water inlet temperature at 14°C. Silica gel-water is chosen as adsorbent-refrigerant pair. The configuration of beds in the three-bed chiller with mass recovery were taken as uniform in size. Results show the performance of the cycle with mass recovery is much better than that of the cycle without mass recovery because the chilled water outlet temperature of the cycle without mass recovery is higher than that of the cycle with mass recovery.
Keywords: Adsorption Chiller, CC, COP, Mass Recovery, Silica Gel-Water, chilled water
