Optimal Design of Small-Scale Experiments for Model-Based Scale-Up of Adsorption Chillers

The performance of adsorption chillers is currently limited by low efficiency and power
density. Recently, research has tried to overcome these drawbacks by employing novel
working pairs with improved equilibrium and kinetic properties. However, most studies
incorporate only the working pairs or their equilibrium properties and often neglect
adsorption kinetics. Hence, this work presents a comparative study of working pairs
for adsorption chillers by scaling-up small-scale equilibrium and kinetic experiments to
a dynamic full-scale adsorption chiller model.