Thermal Study and Modeling of the Cold Room of a Solar Adsoption Refrigerator

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In this work, we are interested in the study of the thermal exchanges which take place at the evaporator of an adsorption refrigerator. Due to the cost of designing experimental devices and the impossibility of studying the influence of certain parameters experimentally, an alternative would be simulation. The aim is to provide a model for predicting the thermal behavior of the various elements in the cold room of an adsorption solar refrigerator. A dynamic modelling of the refrigerator taking into account fluid flow, heat and mass transfer phenomena in the cold room was made. The calculation code obtained using COMSOL 5.1 software makes it possible to analyze and study the influence of the various parameters on the performance of the system. In a second step, the theoretical results obtained were compared with the experimental results in order to validate the model. The analysis of the influence of the physical-thermal properties of the insulating material on the temperature of the chamber makes it possible to conclude that a material having a low density ρ, a low thermal conductivity λ and a low specific heat capacity offers better performance to the cold room. Better thermal insulation also implies having a reasonable insulation thickness.

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