Simulation of water sorption dynamics in adsorption chillers: One, two and four layers of loose silica grains

This paper presents a mathematical model of coupled heat and mass transfer in multi-layers of loose adsorbent grains under realistic conditions of adsorption heat transformation (AHT) cycle. The model allows a simulation of the adsorption dynamics in the adsorbent layer which consists of a low number of loose adsorbent grains (1≤n≤4).