Concept of a hybrid compression-adsorption heat pump cycle

Jubair A. Shamim, Gunjan Auti, Hibiki Kimura, Shubo Fei, Wei Lun Hsu, Hirofumi Daiguji, Arun Majumdar

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Abstract

A heat pump can produce a large amount of thermal energy for low- to moderate-temperature heating and cooling from a small amount of energy input. Although vapor compression heat pumps (VCHPs) can achieve a high coefficient of performance (COP), the lack of eco-friendly fluorocarbon refrigerants is a serious problem. An adsorption heat pump is a heat-driven heat pump that does not use fluorocarbon refrigerants but is less compact and has higher installation costs. This perspective proposes a hybrid compression-adsorption heat pump (HCA-HP) cycle that circulates a mixture of CO2 and a porous metal-organic framework (MOF) in a VCHP system. Model calculations show that the MOF-CO2 HCA-HP cycle can release heat at 50% lower pressure than the transcritical CO2 HP cycle and that the COP can be improved by developing a pair of MOFs and gases with a step-shaped adsorption isotherm and a large heat of adsorption.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101131
JournalCell Reports Physical Science
Volume3
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 16 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • adsorption heat pumps
  • adsorption isotherms
  • adsorption/desorption
  • condensation/evaporation
  • hybrid compression-adsorption heat pumps
  • isosteric heat of adsorption
  • porous MOFs
  • thermodynamic modeling
  • vapor compression heat pumps
  • working fluids

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