TY  - JOUR
AU  - Erdogan, Meltem
AU  - Bau, Uwe
AU  - Bardow, André
TI  - Benchmarking commercial adsorbents for drying air in a packed bed
JO  - Applied thermal engineering
VL  - 160
SN  - 1359-4311
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2019-04442
SP  - 113942 -
PY  - 2019
AB  - Adsorbents are widely used as desiccant materials to dry air. The performance of an adsorbent strongly depends on the fit of its properties to the process conditions, such as humidity or temperature. Thus, it is crucial to characterize adsorbents at the process conditions of the selected drying application. For experimental characterization of adsorbents, three indicators are selected that reflect important objectives: (1) working capacity reflects the necessary amount of adsorbent, (2) pressure drop across the adsorbent bed reflects the necessary auxiliary energy for ventilation and (3) dehumidification rate reflects the process duration. In this paper, we evaluate 12 commercially available adsorbents (SG 125, SG 127, SG 127H, SG 125B, SG 127B, ProSorb, ArtSorb, SG E  (2–4 mm), SG E  (3–6 mm), SG M, Zeolite 13X, AQSOA Z02) for conditions derived from an adsorption dishwasher application. Specifically, we employ an adsorption temperature of , a desorption temperature of and a relative humidity of . The results show that there is a trade-off between dehumidification rate and pressure drop across the bed with Pareto-optimal performance of SG M, SG 127 and SG E  (3–6 mm). Furthermore, the results show that there is a trade-off between dehumidification rate and working capacity with Pareto-optimal performance of SG 127B, SG E  (3–6 mm) and AQSOA Z02. Thus, promising adsorbents for drying air are identified.
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DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113942
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/864785
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