Modeling and optimizing a two-bed adsorption cooling system with a modified mass recovery process

•Adsorption Refrigeration Cycle (ARC) with modified mass recovery process is proposed.•Energy and exergy analyses of ARC are performed.•The proposed two bed ARC is modeled and optimized for a specific cooling capacity.•Optimization is performed for COP and exergy destruction as two-objective functions.•Optimum values of COP and exergy destruction were 0.555 and 1719.6 kJ.