High-Power Adsorption Heat Pumps Using Magnetically Aligned Zeolite Structures

Ammann, Jens; Ruch, Patrick; Michel, Bruno; Studart, André R.

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b04692

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“…The perfect water adsorbents should exhibit the following characters: (i) S-shaped water-adsorption isotherms and superior water uptakes; (ii) low regeneration temperatures; (iii) excellent hydrothermal stabilities; (iv) fast water adsorption and desorption kinetics; (v) facile and low-cost synthesis. Traditional water adsorbents, such as silica gels 12 , 13 and zeolites 14 , 15 , have been extensively investigated for adsorption heating and cooling systems. Despite they show advantages of acceptable price and desirable stabilities, obvious drawbacks are identified, including high regeneration temperatures (>150 °C for zeolites) and low working capacities, resulting in poor energy efficiency and low power density for adsorption systems.…”

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Ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

Liu

et al. 2022

Nat Commun

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Thermally driven water-based sorption refrigeration is considered a promising strategy to realize near-zero-carbon cooling applications by addressing the urgent global climate challenge caused by conventional chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants. However, developing cost-effective and high-performance water-sorption porous materials driven by low-temperature thermal energy is still a significant challenge. Here, we propose a zeolite-like aluminophosphate with SFO topology (EMM-8) for water-sorption-driven refrigeration. The EMM-8 is characterized by 12-membered ring channels with large accessible pore volume and exhibits high water uptake of 0.28 g·g−1 at P/P0 = 0.2, low-temperature regeneration of 65 °C, fast adsorption kinetics, remarkable hydrothermal stability, and scalable fabrication. Importantly, the water-sorption-based chiller with EMM-8 shows the potential of achieving a record coefficient of performance (COP) of 0.85 at an ultralow-driven temperature of 63 °C. The working performance makes EMM-8 a practical alternative to realize high-efficient ultra-low-temperature-driven refrigeration.

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Ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

Liu

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Nat Commun

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“…Calabrese et al 8 have investigated the preparation of zeolite coatings with a polymeric binder. Ammann et al 9 presented a method to create a porous zeolite coating with a magnetic mixture of polyvinyl alcohol. Aluminum oxide (alumina) has been also used as binder in adsorbers 10 .…”

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New preparation methods for coated heat exchangers in adsorption refrigeration and heat pumps applications

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Bergmann

Glorius

et al. 2022

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Adsorption refrigeration systems and heat pumps still possess a relatively reduced market share as compared to the traditional compression systems. Despite having the great advantage of being powered by cheap heat (instead of expensive electric work), the implementation of systems based on adsorption principles remains limited to few specific applications. The main drawback that needs to be solved is their reduced specific power due to the low thermal conductivity and low stability of the adsorbents. The current state of the art of commercial adsorption cooling systems rely on adsorbers based on coated finned heat exchangers to optimize the cooling power. It is a well known result, that the reduction of the thickness of the coating derives in a reduction of the mass transport impedance, and that the increment of the ratio surface to volume of conductive structures increases the power without reducing the efficiency. The metallic fibres used in this work can offer a ratio of specific surface in the range of 2500–50,000 m2/m3.Three methods of preparing very thin but stable salt-hydrate coatings on metallic surfaces, including metallic fibres, for the production of coated heat exchangers with high specific power, are presented for the first time. A surface treatment based on aluminium anodizing was chosen to create a stronger bond between coat and substrate. The microscopic structure of the resulting surface was analysed by Scan Electron Microscopy. To verify the presence of the desired species Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transformed Infrared and Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were employed in the analysis. Their capacity to form hydrates was verified via simultaneous Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)/Differential Thermogravimetry (DTG). Over a mass difference of 0.07 g(water)/g(composite) was detected in the coating of MgSO4, which showed signs of dehydration at temperatures around 60 °C, and repeatability after rehydration. Also positive results were obtained with SrCl2 and ZnSO4 with mass differences around 0.02 g/g below 100 °C. Hydroxyethyl Cellulose was chosen as additive to increase the stability and adherence of the coatings. The adsorption properties of the product were evaluated with simultaneous TGA-DTG, while their adherence was characterized by means of a procedure based on the test described in ISO2409. Coatings of CaCl2 displayed a much improved consistency and adherence, while retaining its adsorption capacity, showing mass differences of around 0.1 g/g at temperatures below 100 °C. Also MgSO4 retains the capacity of forming hydrates, showing a mass difference of more than 0.04 g/g below 100 °C. Finally, coated metallic fibres were investigated. Results show that the effective heat conductivity of a fibre structure coated with Al2(SO4)3 can be up to 4.7 times higher as compared to a block of pure Al2(SO4)3 . The coverage of the pursued coatings was visually investigated and the internal structure was evaluated by microscopic imaging of cross-sections. Coatings of around 50 µm of Al2(SO4)3 were generated, but in general the process requires optimization to achieve a more uniform distribution.

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“…The perfect water adsorbents should exhibit the following characters: i) Sshaped water adsorption isotherms and superior water uptakes; ii) low regeneration temperatures; iii) excellent hydrothermal stabilities; iv) fast water adsorption and desorption kinetics; v) facile and low-cost synthesis. Traditional water adsorbents, such as silica gels 12,13 and zeolites 14,15 , have been extensively investigated for adsorption heating and cooling systems. Despite they show advantages of acceptable price and desirable stabilities, obvious drawbacks are identi ed, including high regeneration temperatures (> 150 °C for zeolites) and low working capacities, resulting in poor energy e ciency and low power density for adsorption systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Record performance of ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

liu

Min

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Thermally driven water-based sorption refrigeration is considered a promising strategy to realize near-zero-carbon cooling applications by addressing the urgent global climate challenge caused by conventional chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants. However, developing cost-effective and high-performance water-sorption porous materials driven by low-temperature thermal energy is still a significant challenge. Here, we propose a low-cost zeolite-like aluminophosphate with SFO topology (EMM-8) for water-sorption-driven refrigeration. The EMM-8 is characterized by 12-membered ring channels with large accessible pore volume and exhibits high water uptake of 0.36 g·g-1, low-temperature regeneration of 65 °C, fast adsorption kinetics, remarkable hydrothermal stability, and scalable fabrication. Importantly, the water-sorption-based chiller with EMM-8 shows the potential of achieving a record coefficient of performance (COP) of 0.85 at an ultralow-driven temperature of 63 °C. The extraordinary working performance makes EMM-8 a practical alternative to realize high-efficient ultra-low-temperature-driven refrigeration.

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High-Power Adsorption Heat Pumps Using Magnetically Aligned Zeolite Structures

Cited by 14 publications

References 47 publications

Ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

Ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

New preparation methods for coated heat exchangers in adsorption refrigeration and heat pumps applications

Record performance of ultralow-temperature-driven water-based sorption refrigeration enabled by low-cost zeolite-like porous aluminophosphate

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